The highest landfall probability is somewhere along the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle late Thursday evening, forecasters said.

Helene reached hurricane status Wednesday and was forecast to grow more powerful and dangerous before making landfall late Thursday on Florida's Gulf Coast as a devastating, Category 3 hurricane.

Helene expected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane with impacts felt hundreds of miles from the eye.

Helene is forecast to intensify rapidly over the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall in Florida on Thursday. Residents are ...