Helene rapidly intensified into a hurricane Wednesday as it plows toward a Florida landfall as the strongest hurricane to hit the United States in over a year. The storm will also grow into a massive,

Tropical Storm Helene is expected to become a hurricane Wednesday before slamming into Florida as a massive Category 3 storm Thursday.

Hurricane Helene continues to strengthen and is forecast to make landfall on the Big Bend Coast of Florida late Thursday night.