Hurricane helene continues right now our viewers in the united states and All Around The World for our special coverage of Hurricane Helene. Im michael holmes. Thanks for being with us tonight. Now, Hurricane Helene is the strongest storm ever to make landfall. Full in floridas Big Bend, sweeping across those less than two hours ago as an extremely dangerous category four with winds of 140 miles an hour. The national Weather Service describing it as unsurvivable up to 20 feet of Storm Surge expected in some areas. There have been at least two deaths reported in georgia and one in florida we have had a report of a fatality on the roadway. Car driving on i94 near Ybor City in tampa was hit when a sign fell onto onto the highway. So that just shows you that its very dangerous conditions out there. We are going to see downed Power Lines. Those are very hazardous as well, please do not mess with any down Power Lines in and around your home or anywhere. You may come in contact with them now.
Is Cnn Newsroom. We begin with Breaking News as we track Hurricane Helene, its now the strongest storm to ever make landfall in floridas Big Bend, sweeping across the coast hours ago as an extremely dangerous category four hurricane with winds of 140 miles per hour. Now the effects have been felt far from the center of the storm. The mayor of clearwater told me his community has been inundated despite being 100 miles from the center now, helene is weakening now but has knocked out power to more than 1,000,000. 5 homes and businesses in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. At least three people have been killed as the storm continues to pummel the southeast to end georgia. And one in florida we have had a report of a fatality on the roadway. Car driving on i4 near your Ybor City and tampa, was hit when a sign fell onto onto the highway. So that just shows you that its very dangerous. Chris conditions out there you need to be right now. Just hunkering down nows not the time to be going o
Warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u. S. And Around The World. Im max foster. It is friday, september the 27th, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In the florida big Bend Region where Hurricane Helene has made landfall overnight sweeping across the coast as an extremely dangerous category four hurricane, with winds of 100 140 miles per hour. Its now weakened, but continues to unleash lifethreatening Storm Surge, flooding, rains, and destructive winds across the Southeast Helene out power to more than 2 Million homes and businesses in florida, georgia, and the carolinas won florida sheriff says theyre fearing the worst when The Sun comes up and Tallahassees Mayor says his city has never seen a storm like It None of us have experienced a category four hurricane this close to tallahassee this is a historic storm for us right now, Everyone Stay safe. Shelter in place, stay home about 40 people have been rescued from rising water in pasco county, just north of tampa. And rescu