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Hurricane Helene live updates: 44 dead across the South

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Hurricane Helene live updates: 44 dead across the South

No less than 44 individuals have died from Hurricane Helene.

An area resident clears boulders that have been swept by fast-flowing waters onto a stretch of flooded street as Tropical Storm Helene strikes, on the outskirts of Boone, North Carolina, Sept. 27, 2024.

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In Georgia, 15 individuals have been killed, together with a primary responder who was attempting to save lots of others, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp stated.

In McDuffie County, simply west of Augusta, a mom and her twin infants have been among the many victims, officers stated.

In Wheeler County, southeast of Macon, a person and a girl have been killed after their cellular residence overturned, native officers stated.

In Florida, 9 individuals have died.

Jamir Lewis wades by flood waters together with his two daughters Nylah and Aria attributable to storm surge from Hurricane Helene, Sept. 27, 2024 in Crystal River, Fla.

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One particular person died in Dixie County within the Massive Bend area when a tree fell on a house, Gov. Ron DeSantis stated, and a second particular person was killed on Interstate 4 close to Tampa when an indication fell on a automobile.

5 others died in Pinellas County, in accordance with the sheriff.

An American flag sits within the floodwaters from Hurricane Helene within the Shore Acres neighborhood, Sept. 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla.

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Two have been killed in North Carolina. In Charlotte, one particular person was killed when a tree fell on a home, in accordance with the Mecklenburg EMS Company, and one other particular person died in a site visitors accident in Catawba County, officers stated.

Seventeen individuals have died in South Carolina, together with two firefighters in Saluda County, Gov. Henry McMaster stated.

One particular person has died in Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin stated. “We have now sadly reported one fatality in the present day from a storm-related treefall and constructing collapse and that was in Craig County,” the governor stated Friday evening.

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