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.

Jerry and Marcia Savage's daughter told USA TODAY her late parents hugged so tightly in their Beech Island home, they had to be pulled apart.

Marcia, 74, and Jerry Savage, 78, were lying in bed at their house in Beech Island when the tree crashed down on their bedroom, their grandson John Savage told the Associated Press. “All you could see was ceiling and tree,” the 22-year-old, who was in the property at the time, said. “I was just going through sheer panic at that point.”

John Savage says he checked on his grandparents in their bedroom as Hurricane Helene roared outside This photo provided by Laurel Lindsay shows Marcia and Jerry Savage, who were killed by a tree that fell and crushed their bedroom during Hurricane Helene.

Forecasters say Hurricane Kirk has strengthened into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to grow rapidly into a major hurricane

Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Trump campaign said the agency's Disaster Relief Fund could benefit from the $650 million being spent on migrant services.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency does not have enough funding to make it through the hurricane season, and Republicans both in Congress and out are not taking it well.

We are expecting another hurricane hitting,’ Mayorkas told reporters. ‘FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season.’