Overview
- A General Hospital representative confirmed to Soap Opera Digest that Storms will reappear as Maxie on Thursday, February 12, 2026.
- Storms announced she is back at work by sharing a dressing-room selfie and message on Instagram.
- She has been off the air since August 2025, when Maxie was written into a coma and transferred to a Boston care facility to support the actor’s leave.
- Storms cited relocating to Tennessee and managing medical concerns—including a 2021 brain procedure and a 2025 aneurysm evaluation—as reasons for stepping away.
- Her return is slated to reconnect Maxie with ongoing arcs, which Storms previously teased as "kind of incredible" without revealing specifics.