Helene continues to weaken after making landfall as a Category 4 storm near Perry, Fla., just after 11 p.m. Thursday.

The storm has dissipated and is now a remnant low. 

Helene formed in the northwestern Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, Sept. 24. It's the eighth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season and the fifth hurricane. It is the second major (Category 3+) hurricane of the season.

What You Need To Know

  • Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday evening near Perry, FL

  • It made landfall with winds of 140 mph

  • Although Helene has weakened, impacts are being felt along a good portion of the U.S. including the Carolinas

Helene maintained its Category 4 strength at landfall with winds of 140 mph. Landfall happened at 11:10 p.m. Thursday near Perry, along Florida's Big Bend. Helene was a large storm and impacts were felt throughout the entire state of Florida and southeast. 

Impacts from the storm will continue over the weekend as it gets absorbed by an upper-level low.  

As of Friday afternoon, all Tropical Storm warnings have been discontinued. 

Helene was, at times, a large storm, with hurricane-force winds extending outwards of 60 miles from the center at one point. The tropical storm-force winds extended over 300 miles from the center. 

Over the past few weeks, it seems as though the Atlantic has woken up. We are monitoring Tropical Storm Joyce and Hurricane Isaac, as well as two other disturbances. Here's a look at the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season so far.

Photos of the impacts from Hurricane Helene from Florida to South Carolina to North Carolina. 

 

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