Steinhatchee on Florida’s Gulf Coast faced severe damage from Hurricane Helene, which brought 140 mph winds and a 10-foot storm surge. Most of the town's residents evacuated and returned to find their homes and businesses destroyed.

Palm Beach Post's Anne Geggis and Greg Lovett are reporting from Florida Big Bend, Steinhatchee where Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall.

Follow live updates on Helene here. Hurricane Helene forged a devastating path of floods and wind damage after slamming into Florida’s Big Bend region on Thursday night, submerging much of the state’s Gulf Coast before continuing its destructive march through Georgia and into the mountains of Appalachia.