Massive Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region, bringing storm surge and high winds across the state’s Gulf Coast communities before ripping into southern Georgia.

Parts of the U.S. Southeast are strggling to recover from the damage inflicted by powerful Hurricane Helene Massive rains brought by Hurricane Helene have left many people stranded or homeless as the cleanup begins from the monster tempest that killed at least 64 people.

Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night as a category 4 hurricane near Perry, Florida, in the state’s Big Bend region. As of Saturday afternoon, CNN reports that there are at least 50 deaths as a direct result of this storm.