Hurricane Helene, now with winds at 125 mph, has sent rain, wind and storm surge into Sarasota and Manatee counties.

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

Category 4 Helene made landfall just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 10 miles west-southwest of Perry, Florida.

There were at least three storm-related deaths as Hurricane Helene made landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 ...

A hotel in Sarasota, Florida is surrounded by high water in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Video credit: The Manatee County ...

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

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

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

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota Police say that all bridges to barrier islands remain closed due to Hurricane Helene storm ...

Helene strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane hours ahead of its expected landfall on Florida’s northwest coast Thursday ...

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

Helene prompted hurricane and flash flood warnings extending far beyond the coast up into northern Georgia and western North ...