Sheriff calls post-Helene Pinellas County 'a war zone' Officials ... Gulf Coast and then made landfall in the Big Bend, near Perry, Florida after 11 p.m. on Thursday. By Friday morning the storm ...

Helene made landfall in Florida's "sparsely-populated Big Bend area, home to fishing villages and vacation hideaways," The Associated Press said, but damage from the storm stretched along Florida ...

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