Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region Thursday night as a massive Category 4 hurricane -- the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Big Bend on record.The storm surge, wind damage and inland flooding from Helene has been catastrophic,

Hurricane Helene's staggering storm surge inundated neighborhoods on Siesta Key, leaving businesses and residents with a long road to recovery.

Hurricane Helene immediately becomes an infamous name in the history of storms. I wrote a series of articles about Hurricane Helene in the days leading up to the storm. The first one was six days before the storm made landfall in the panhandle of Florida.