A boat rescue is underway for residents of a flooded Atlanta apartment complex. The Peachtree Park Apartments on Peachtree Park Drive are feeling the impacts of Hurricane Helene as it comes through Georgia.

City and state officials are preparing for flash floods, heavy winds and downed trees as Hurricane Helene, a massive and potentially historic storm, plows through south Georgia and into Atlanta. Why it matters: National Weather Service forecasters say the storm will drop intense amounts of rain — possibly over a foot in some areas — and unleash powerful,

Hurricane Helene has strengthened to Category 3 and is on course to make landfall in the Florida panhandle. Track where power is out in Georgia here.