In response to Hurricane Helene, Comcast will open its network of Xfinity hotspots in Georgia and South Carolina to help those affected by the storm stay connected. Starting at 9 a.m. on Friday, September 27, more than 180,000 public Xfinity hotspots were made available for free to both Xfinity customers and non-customers.

Massive Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region, bringing storm surge and high winds across the state’s Gulf Coast communities before ripping into southern Georgia

Emergency resource groups are mobilizing in Florida, Georgia, and throughout the South in the wake of Hurricane Helene making landfall.