The death toll from Helene had risen to at least 24 across the Southeast by Friday afternoon. Seven of the deaths were in Florida and 11 in Georgia, with two in North Carolina and four in South Carolina.
Here’s a breakdown:
Florida
Seven deaths have been confirmed. Five people died, at least two by drowning, in coastal communities in Pinellas County, Bob Gualtieri, the sheriff, said in a news conference on Friday morning. He said that two of the victims were found on Treasure Island, two in Indian Rocks Beach and one in Dunedin.
One person died on a highway in Tampa because of a falling sign, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Another person was killed in Dixie County, about two hours southeast of Tallahassee, when a tree fell on a house.
Georgia
Officials have reported 11 storm-related fatalities, according to Gov. Brian Kemp, who added that one of the people who died was an emergency worker.
Two people died in Laurens County and one in Colquitt County because of the storm, but it was not immediately clear what happened, or when.
Two people died in a tornado in Wheeler County, in the south-central part of the state. And in Liberty County, near Savannah, a state representative, Al Williams, said that emergency management officials had told him that a person had died after a tree fell on a camper in the Lake George community.
The locations of the other five deaths remain unclear.
North Carolina
Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina said that there had been at least two storm-related deaths in the state: “One in Catawba County due to a motor vehicle collision on a flooded roadway, and one in Charlotte due to a tree falling on a home.” Officials had identified the car crash victim as a 4-year-old girl.
South Carolina
Two people died in Anderson County, S.C., after trees fell on their homes, according to the coroner’s office there. Both homes were in Anderson, the county seat. And there were two storm-related deaths in Newberry County, according to the sheriff’s office there.
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