Hurricane Helene is traveling across the Gulf of Mexico and continues to strengthen before its imminent landfall in Florida's Big Bend. If you're flying to the region during the storm, you might want to check your flight status.

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 4 storm late Thursday, knocking out power in over a million homes and businesses and causing at least one death in the state as the National Hurricane Center warned of life threatening winds and catastrophic storm surges.

Hurricane Helene intensified into a major Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph making landfall Thursday night bringing devastating winds and storm surge to Florida’s Big Bend, according to the