Watch a live tracker of Hurricane Helene as it makes landfall in Florida and threatens the southern U.S.
Helene has weakened to a tropical storm and is moving north across Georgia, bringing strong winds and heavy rain in what the National Hurricane Center called "life-threatening" conditions.The storm made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm last night at 11:10 p.m. Emergency services are rescuing people trapped by fast-rising waters.
A driver was killed after a sign fell onto their car in Tampa tonight, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. In Wheeler County, Georgia, two people died when an apparent tornado overturned a mobile home. Hurricane and tropical storm warnings were discontinued along Florida's east coast south of the Flagler-Volusia County line, the National Hurricane Center said in a 5 a.m. update.
In Florida, 1.2 million people are without power, as well as 683,000 in Georgia and 242,000 in South Carolina, according to PowerOutage.us.
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