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A view of storm damage at Chez What on Sept. 28 in Valdosta, Ga. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) (Getty Images) Photos from across the region show the devastation left by Helene.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said at a news conference Friday that 11 people were killed during the storm, including a first responder. "One of our finest lost his life trying to save others," Kemp said.
The damage wrought by Hurricane Helene was especially extensive in western North Carolina, a region far from the Florida coast where the system made landfall as a Category 4 storm.
Georgia was severely impacted by Hurricane Helene during late September 2024, causing over 34 reported deaths and significant rainfall across the state. After making landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida on September 27, the hurricane began to traverse over land across Georgia as a Category 2 hurricane prior to tracking into the Appalachian mountain range as a tropical storm.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 27: People toss buckets of water out of a home as the streets and homes are flooded near Peachtree Creek after hurricane Helene brought in heavy rains over night on ...
In Georgia, at least 17 people have died, two of them killed by a tornado in Alamo, according to a spokesperson for Gov. Brian Kemp. In Florida, at least 11 people have died, Gov. Ron DeSantis ...
Key takeaways:•Life-threatening, damaging and disruptive impacts from Helene are underway across the interior Southeast, following the storm's landfall southwest of Perry, Florida, on Thursday ...
Leo Grindstaff, 12, left, helps his brother Gabe, 4, while walking to their grandparent's house to help salvage items in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North ...