Where is Big Bend, Florida as Hurricane Helene bears down on Gulf Coast
NOTE: You can track the movement of Hurricane Helene in the player above. As Hurricane Helene bears down on the state of Florida, there has been a lot of talk about the “Big Bend,” the area where the storm is expected to make landfall on Thursday. While most...
In Florida's Big Bend, officials start rescues, assessing damage post-Hurricane Helene
STEINHATCHEE — Before Friday morning’s light showed boats in yards, homes flattened and docks thrown from the river into roads, 22 members of the Florida State Guard Special Missions Unit were wading through the mud on the south side of Steinhatchee River’s banks, looking for anyone who needed rescuing. Hurricane Helene struck Thursday evening, making landfall not far away in Perry. In Steinhatchee on Friday, what was dry land only hours earlier lay submerged in 40 to...