More than a third of Lexington County residents are still without power after Helene stormed through the Palmetto State.

The remnants of Hurricane Helene, once packing Category 4 strength, arrived in Lexington before dawn on Friday.

Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region Thursday night as a massive Category 4 hurricane -- the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Big Bend on record. Helene has since weakened and is now post-tropical,

Helene roared ashore in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, trapping residents in floodwaters, peeling siding off buildings, knocking out power to millions.

More than 2 million customers in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas were in the dark as the Helene moved inland from Florida's Gulf Coast.

Hurricane Helene weakened to a Category 1 hurricane early Friday with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Helene made landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned that the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm surge and bring dangerous winds and rain across much of the southeastern U.