Follow live updates on Helene here. Hurricane Helene forged a devastating path of floods and wind damage after slamming into Florida’s Big Bend region on Thursday night, submerging much of the state’s Gulf Coast before continuing its destructive march through Georgia and into the mountains of Appalachia.

Panicked local officials initially said the Waterville Dam and the Lake Lure Dam had burst, but both were reportedly still holding as of Friday afternoon

Complete devastation has been unfolding in North Carolina as Hurricane Helene unleashed days of flooding. Images from Chimney Rock, located near Asheville, was one of the many cities destroyed by historic flooding.