For a moment, the couple on the beach tried to enjoy the view in front of them: An orange sun slipping into the Gulf of Mexico, the

After hitting Florida’s Gulf Coast, Helene tore through the Southeast, unleashing historic rain and flooding in parts of Georgia and the Carolinas and leaving dozens of people dead and millions without power. Helene’s trail of destruction and record-breaking floods could rank among the costliest storms in U.S. history.