Hurricane Helene, now with winds at 125 mph, has sent rain, wind and storm surge into Sarasota and Manatee counties.

In a special update from the National Hurricane Center, Helene made landfall just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River.

Category 4 Helene made landfall just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 10 miles west-southwest of Perry, Florida.

A hotel in Sarasota, Florida is surrounded by high water in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Video credit: The Manatee County ...

Hurricane Helene, a massive, destructive Category 4 hurricane causing catastrophic storm surge, made landfall late Thursday ...

Hurricane Helene weakened to a tropical storm over Georgia with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph) early Friday, the ...

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida with 140-mph. Residents share photos, videos of what it was like, and the damage ...

However, much of Florida, including the Tampa Bay region, continued to be under a storm surge warning early Friday morning.

Helene prompted hurricane and flash flood warnings extending far beyond the coast up into northern Georgia and western North ...

The storm made landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned the enormous system could create ...

Helene strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane hours ahead of its expected landfall on Florida’s northwest coast Thursday ...

A hurricane made landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned the enormous system could ...