However, much of Florida, including the Tampa Bay region, continued to be under a storm surge warning early Friday morning.

In a special update from the National Hurricane Center, Helene made landfall just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River.

Photos show extensive flooding and residents preparing for Hurricane Helene, which hit Florida's Big Bend, causing massive ...

Hurricane Helene, a massive, destructive Category 4 hurricane causing catastrophic storm surge, made landfall late Thursday ...

Nearly 1.2 million people without power. Record coastal flooding from Tampa to the Big Bend. Hundreds of millions of dollars ...

Hurricane Helene intensified into a major Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph making landfall Thursday night bringing ...

In Clearwater, one of the hardest-hit regions, water levels surged to a record 8.6 feet, eclipsing the previous high of 6.8 ...

Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall in Florida Thursday evening but is already impacting the Tampa Bay area.

Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in the Big Bend region of Florida. The storm passed the Tampa Bay area and left ...

The storm made landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned the enormous system could create ...

Helene -- which weakened to a Category 1 hurricane on Friday morning -- made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida on ...