near Florida's Big Bend, had been destroyed. So there was plenty of destruction and desperation to heal in this rural oasis surrounded by a lush marsh where lines of pelicans skim the watery surface.

A squall line is approaching the Tallahassee area after bringing a flurry of severe weather warnings to north Florida ... the Big Bend. A tornado warning was also issued for coastal and inland ...

Hurricane Helene made landfall as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm in Florida's Big Bend region ... concern was ...