H​ere's where Helene is now: Helene made landfall at 11:10 p.m. EDT Thursday night about 10 miles west-southwest of Perry, Florida, as Category 4 packing 140-mph winds. The tropical storm is now centered 105 miles north-northeast of Atlanta, and is tracking quickly northward at 32 mph. Maximum sustained winds are 45 mph.

Hurricane Helene made landfall late Thursday as a Category 4 hurricane in the Florida Big Bend, leaving flooding, damage and destruction along Florida's Gulf Coast before speeding north, causing damage and power outages in Georgia and threatening dam breaks Friday in Tennessee as a downgraded tropical depression.

According to the NHC, Helene is expected to make landfall as a major hurricane Thursday night in Florida's Big Bend region. Central Florida should start to feel impacts from Helene's outer bands on Wednesday, which will gradually get worse as the storm inches closer to Florida over several hours.

Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Helene roared ashore around 11:10 p.m. EDT near the Perry, in the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf Coast.