COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – Here’s the latest on potential impacts locally from what will be a fast-moving Hurricane Helene on Thursday night into Friday morning. The forecast path continues to shift slightly east, putting the highest impacts in our viewing area along the Highway 19 corridor (Thomaston to Butler to Ellaville to Americus). We have a higher confidence there of seeing flooding rainfall and frequent tropical storm force wind gusts that could lead to scattered power outages.