The Latest Breaking News from Helene

Hurricane Helene was big, strong and fast, making it a near-perfect storm to bring widespread death and destruction to the American South

The storm began as a hurricane, the strongest on record to hit Florida's Big Bend, and then moved north into Georgia and the Carolinas.

Meanwhile, more than 400 roads remain closed in Western North Carolina

Augusta National, the home of the Masters, was hit by a devastating storm on Friday, with damage to the golf course currently being assessed

"We currently are assessing the effects at Augusta National Golf Club."

The remnants of Hurricane Helene are dissipating but millions remain without power across the Southeast and officials warned that record-breaking river flooding is ongoing in parts of southern Appalachia

After slamming into Florida on Thursday, the storm surged into the Southeast

More than 3 million left without power as flooding risk remains

Hurricane Helene has caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than 3 million customers go into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods