County of Franklin E911 Center says some Brightspeed customers may not be able to call 911 because of impacts from Helene. As of 7 a.m., the center advised people to call 540 483 3000 in place of 911.

Franklin County enacted mandatory evacuations for the entire county, effective at noon Eastern time Wednesday. Hurricane Helene is projected to make landfall Thursday night along the Franklin County coastline.

More than 12,000 people in Franklin 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.

Several Franklin County evacuees didn’t think they’d have homes when they returned. “We were getting ready for a really catastrophic event and a terrible, terrible storm,” Franklin County Sheriff A.J.