As Hurricane Helene barrels through Florida, the state’s theme parks are responding. Peppa Pig Theme Park Florida announced that it will be closing its doors on Friday, September 27, after the storm damaged attractions at the preschool experience.

Helene roared ashore Florida's Big Bend region as one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States, with officials fearing the hurricane would leave a trail of deaths and widespread destruction as it moved inland.

Hurricane Helene has already produced flash flooding and dangerous winds across the region, and it has come on the heels of heavy rains, downed trees, sporadic tornadoes and some minor flooding due to a separate system that entered the region from the west.

Long before its landfall late Thursday, Hurricane Helene and its intense wind and rain were already threatening millions of people in four states.

Hurricane Helene made landfall as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm. Jesse Kirsch takes viewers to the eye of the storm in Perry, Florida

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region late Thursday as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state, raising fears of deaths, widespread damage and even worse floods than the severe deluge which had preceded its arrival.