More than a thousand flights have been canceled nationwide due to Hurricane Helene.
Crews are continuing their rescue efforts down south to help those trapped.
For the people who evacuated, it’s now a waiting game to see when they will return home too.
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Massive Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida’s Big Bend region, bringing storm surge and high winds across the state’s Gulf Coast communities before ripping into southern Georgia.
Helene hit land late Thursday night as a Category 4 hurricane — it’s one of the strongest hurricanes on record in the Big Bend.
Some folks like Pamela Miles evacuated.
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“I wasn’t worried until about 10:00 p.m. last night, apparently that’s when the fast tide came in and just changed everything,” explained Pamela Miles who lives part-time in Indian Rocks Beach in Pinellas County, Florida.
Miles grew up in Ocean City, New Jersey, but lives part-time in Florida.