Florida residents preparing for a powerful wallop from Hurricane Helene hurriedly stocked up on water, food, gasoline and other essentials as officials warned of heavy rainfall and winds that could topple trees and produce life-threatening storm surges.

Helene will make landfall Thursday evening, bringing about life-threatening conditions across the northwest coast.

Here's the very latest on the danger Helene poses not only at the coast, but also well inland through the Southeast.