ATLANTA — Helene formed into a major hurricane on Wednesday, and its projected path has significant implications for Georgia.
It made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida just around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, and is expected to arrive in metro Atlanta after midnight in the early morning hours of Friday, Sept. 27.
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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.
In anticipation of the storm's impacts, Georgia's governor issued a State of Emergency to free up resources.
Hurricane Helene was a major category 4 hurricane at landfall. The National Hurricane Center's official forecast had gone back and forth between a category 3 and category 4 strength ahead of landfall, bringing devastating storm surge, damaging winds, and flooding rain.
11Alive has issued a Weather Impact Alert for Wednesday night for pre-Helene tropical downpours, then for Thursday and Friday in north Georgia due to impacts from Helene.
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