More than 8,000 people in Licking County are among more than 120,000 across Ohio without power Friday afternoon as the remnants of tropical storm Helene brought strong winds and rain into the state. The heaviest outages are in southern and southwestern Ohio where Helene's remnants struck first as they pushed northward from the South.

Hurricane Helene is powering through Ohio, bringing strong windstorms. Here's what we learned from Hurricane Ike's damaging winds in 2008.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking Hurricane Isaac and Tropical Storms Joyce in the Atlantic, where they will dissipate early next week.