Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. • WUFT News: Swept away: Aerial look at Helene’s impact on Florida’s Big Bend. “Over Florida’s Big Bend region where Hurricane Helene hit with brutal force, once-green forested areas were unrecognizable as flooding seawater washed over communities. Gaunt trees were stripped of their leaves, mud was deposited onto streets from storm surges and debris was scattered everywhere.”