Hurricane Helene made landfall at 03:10 GMT on Thursday night 23:10 Eastern Standard Time with maximum sustained winds at 225 kilometers per hour 140 miles per hour.
As a category four storm it was powerful to hit the State Big Bend region Few hours later at about 06:40 GMT authorities downgraded the hurricane to category one but warned that heavy rainfall and strong damaging winds still posed a mega threat.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has urged students to remain indoors and avoid roadways as mega storm surge from Helene floods like streets and make threatful scenario.
Fallen trees make power line down across the state and 6:40 GMT 1.3 million people in Florida without power.
Florida has population of 22 million people
The weather service warned people to treat the strong winds like a tornado is coming move to an inside room.