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Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida’s Big Bend area late Thursday night as a powerful Category 4 storm but weakened to a tropical system early Friday morning over Georgia.

The latest data from NHC shows Helen was about 100 miles southeast of Atlanta and moving north at 30 mph. Winds are still in excess of 70 mph, just four mph below Category 1 status.

“Catastrophic, life-threatening, record-breaking flash & urban flooding. As Helene continues moving inland, damaging wind gusts will continue, particularly over high terrain southern Appalachians,” NHC warned.