Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida Big Bend, US NHC says

(Reuters) – Hurricane Helene has made landfall in the Florida Big Bend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on late on Thursday.

Helene is located about 45 miles (70 km) east-southeast of Tallahassee, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (225 kph), the Miami-based forecaster said.

(Reporting by Swati Verma and Anjana Anil in Bengaluru; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

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