More than 40 people have been killed in Hurricane Helene’s deadly rampage through south-eastern US, according to a tally by the Guardian and the Associated Press on Friday afternoon.
At least 15 were killed in Georgia, Garrison Douglas, a spokesperson for the governor, Brian Kemp, announced.
Among the deaths so far recorded in the state were a first responder; and a seven-year-old boy and four-year-old girl when a tree fell on their home in Washington county and trapped them in their burning home, WRDW TV reported.
Officials in South Carolina reported at least 17 storm-related deaths, including two firefighters killed when their vehicle was struck by a tree before sunrise on Friday.
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