Hurricane Helene made landfall near Perry, Florida, as a Category 4 storm on the night of Sept. 26. The storm brought drenching rain, fierce winds and flooding, prompting overnight rescues.

Helene, after sending surge into the western Florida Gulf Coast en route to landfall, arrived with 140 mph winds about 10 miles west of Perry, Florida, at about 11:10 p.m. ET Thursday.

Hundreds of water rescues have taken place across Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia since Helene's brutal landfall in Perry, Florida, on Sept. 26 as a Category 4 storm.

Wireless Emergency Alerts are limited to flash flood warnings when there is a "threat tag" of considerable or catastrophic.

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