Palm Beach Post's Anne Geggis and Greg Lovett are reporting from Florida Big Bend, Steinhatchee where Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall.

Hurricane Helene has strengthened into a Category 3 and is expected to bring “unsurvivable” storm surge when the center approaches landfall Thursday evening in Florida’s Big

After days of brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Helene is slated to touch down along Florida’s Big Bend coast on Thursday evening as a Category 4 hurricane. The Florida Big Bend, a particular slice of the state’s northwestern coast where Florida’s panhandle region begins to curve around the Gulf of Mexico and transition into the state’s distinct peninsula,