Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned of "catastrophic" flooding along the Gulf Coast.The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said Helene roared ashore around 11.10pm local time near the mouth of the Aucilla River in the Big Bend area of Florida's Gulf Coast. It had maximum sustained winds estimated at 140 mph (225 kph).Officials have forecast storm surges of up to 20 feet (six metres) and warned they could be particularly "

Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned of "catastrophic" flooding along the Gulf Coast.The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said Helene roared ashore around 11.10pm local time near the mouth of the Aucilla River in the Big Bend area of Florida's Gulf Coast. It had maximum sustained winds estimated at 140 mph (225 kph).Officials have forecast storm surges of up to 20 feet (six metres) and warned they could be particularly "catastrophic and unsurvivable" in Florida's Apalachee Bay.Hurricane warnings and flash flood warnings extended far beyond the coast up into northern Georgia and western North Carolina.Strong winds already cut power to nearly 900,000 homes and businesses in Florida, according to the tracking site poweroutage.us. The governors of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas and Virginia all declared emergencies in their states.Two people were reported killed in a possible tornado in south Georgia as t