What Category Is Hurricane Helene 2024. Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from florida's gulf. Winds reached 140 mph at landfall , creating widespread storm surge.

Helene made landfall as a category 4 in florida’s big bend thursday night. Hurricane helene made landfall on september 26, 2024, near perry, florida, as a category 4 with 140 miles per hour winds.