Hurricane Helene landfall: will affect a huge area as it heads toward the Florida

• Helene makes historic landfall: Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane and is now a tropical storm. It was the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend.

• A sprawling storm: Helene is one of the largest storms in the Gulf of Mexico in the last century, with a wind field that could span roughly the distance between Indianapolis and Washington, DC. Watches and warnings are in place for 60 million people in 12 states.

• Widespread impacts: There have been at least three storm-related deaths. Catastrophic wind damage from the storm could cause power outages that will “likely last days, if not weeks.” Helene has also prompted school and business closures, as well as flight cancellations.

Florida: Gov. Ron Desantis said 61 of Florida’s 67 counties are currently under a state of emergency.
Georgia: All 159 counties were placed under state of emergency, enabling emergency management teams to make necessary arrangements and position needed resources ahead of the storm’s arrival.

North Carolina: Gov. Roy Cooper warned “Helene is an unusually dangerous storm that threatens to bring heavy rain and potentially catastrophic flooding” on Thursday night though Friday for central and western parts of of the state.
South Carolina: Gov. Henry McMaster said: “We will likely avoid the brunt of this storm, but it is still expected to bring flooding, high winds, and isolated tornadoes.”
Alabama: President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for the state and ordered federal assistance to those affected by Helene.
Virginia: Gov. Glenn Youngkin said the state “cannot ignore the fact that we have had significant flooding events arise from pre-cursory rain events and outer bands from tropical systems that drop locally heavy rainfall leading to flooding, especially in our southwestern region.

Disclaimer: ALL Information taken from google.