Key Takeaways Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane Thursday night with wind speeds of about 140 miles per hour, but now downgraded to tropical storm. At least 20 deaths have been reported across three states.

The Charlotte area woke up to increasingly heavy rain and wind as Helene, now a tropical storm centered over central Georgia, moved north. A tropical storm warning and a flash flood warning remained in effect for the Charlotte region,