Hurricane Helene made landfall near Perry, Florida, late Thursday night as a Category 4 storm, leaving destruction in its wake. Some residents say they are thankful — and perhaps lucky — it wasn’t worse.

Helene, the most powerful hurricane to strike Apalachee Bay and one that threatened Tallahassee with a direct hit, made landfall late Thursday in Taylor County.

Assessing the damage of Hurricane Helene Morgan said on Friday that unlike recent storms, Helene brought record-setting storm surges to the county. He attributes that to the reason Taylor is experiencing massive flooding and structural damage.