Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region Thursday night as a massive Category 4 hurricane -- the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Big Bend on record.

Hurricane Helene has left a wake of death and destruction across Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee after it made landfall in Florida on Sept. 26. Despite being downgraded to a tropical depression, hundreds were killed by the storm, millions are still without power, and the damage is estimated in the billions of dollars.

A video compilation of storm footage predates Hurricane Helene in late September but has been miscaptioned as showing that hurricane’s impact in Fort Myers, Florida.

Hurricane Helene unleashed extreme rainfall on the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, dumping 15–30 inches of rain and causing widespread destruction.

Tropical Storm Leslie is predicted to strengthen into a hurricane by the weekend, and is currently heading towards the U.S.

The National Hurricane Center said Thursday Tropical Storm Leslie is likely to become a hurricane within the next couple of days.

Hurricane Kirk continues to strengthen in the Atlantic Ocean and could bring large swells to the east coast of the United States by Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane center said in an advisory Thursday morning Kirk was located about 1,

Jerry and Marcia Savage's daughter told USA TODAY her late parents hugged so tightly in their Beech Island home, they had to be pulled apart.

John Savage says he checked on his grandparents in their bedroom as Hurricane Helene roared outside This photo provided by Laurel Lindsay shows Marcia and Jerry Savage, who were killed by a tree that fell and crushed their bedroom during Hurricane Helene.

A South Carolina couple were found by responders hugging each other after they were killed when a tree from Hurricane Helene crashed onto their home. Marcia Savage, 74, and her husband Jerry Savage, 78,