RELATED: An updated list of school closures and event postponements. Hurricane Helene made landfall as a catastrophic Category 4 storm in Florida”s Big Bend region after 11 p.m. on Thursday night. Georgia remains under a state of emergency as Gov.

City and state officials are preparing for flash floods, heavy winds and downed trees as Hurricane Helene, a massive and potentially historic storm, plows through south Georgia and into Atlanta. Why it matters: National Weather Service forecasters say the storm will drop intense amounts of rain — possibly over a foot in some areas — and unleash powerful,

The latest forecast shows Tropical Storm Helene hitting Georgia early Friday morning and moving north across the state into metro Atlanta.