Heller said he never expected Helene to hit his Tampa home so hard, but as his living room filled with water, he decided to make the best of his situation. Grabbing his kayak, Heller began paddling through his flooded home, which was caught on his home camera and on TikTok, sharing the chaos with tens of thousands of viewers.

This Florida man took channel surfing to a whole new level. Stunning home camera video captured Matt Heller paddling around his flooded Tampa living room in a kayak that he intended to use as an “escape plan” as Hurricane Helene’s historic storm surge “came out of nowhere.

Hurricane Helene made its presence felt in the Florida Keys on Thursday, as the storm's rain bands brought heavy rainfall to the region causing flooding across the area.