ATLANTA — Helene made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida just around 11:30 p.m. Thursday as a major hurricane, and and in the overnight early hours of Friday has been moving north through Georgia.
At the 5 a.m. advisory, it had weakened to a tropical storm, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.
As the storm unfolds, 11Alive has a live radar available below with location data if you want to know where the hurricane is right now.
Most recent location from 5 a.m. National Hurricane Center update:
- 40 miles east of Macon and 100 miles southeast of Atlanta, in the area of Wilkinson County
- Moving north at 30 mph, likely to impact Athens area most directly
There was no 6 a.m. update, but you can see below the center of the storm has moved up just south of Athens as of around 6:15 a.m.
Take a look at live conditions:
Helene live radar | Where is Hurricane Helene right now?
More on Helene
Helene strengthened to a "dangerous" category 4 hurricane just after 6:30 p.m., Thursday before it made landfall late Thursday around 11:30 p.m. near Apalachicola, along Florida's Big Bend region. It crossed into Georgia still as a hurricane before being downgraded to a tropical storm Friday, after the 5 a.m. advisory.
There is still a Weather Impact Alert for Friday in north Georgia due to impacts from Helene.
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