Helene made landfall late on Thursday in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 Hurricane. It weakened Friday morning to a tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph.

Hurricane Helene is forecast to quickly intensify as it emerges into the Gulf of Mexico, becoming a major hurricane before landfall late Thursday along Florida's Big Bend region, not far from Apalachicola. In anticipation of the storm's impacts, Georgia's governor issued a State of Emergency to free up resources.

Georgia Power is working to have almost all of metro Atlanta back online by Sunday evening. Poor Makari Vickers had no idea what was coming. Miami avoided a massive upset thanks to a controversial overturned call on the final play of the game.