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The
storm
brought
flash
floods,
mudslides
and
tornadoes.
Here’s
the
latest.
From the
Gulf
Coast of
Florida
to the
mountains
of North
Carolina
and
Tennessee,
Helene
sent
residents
scrambling
to cope
with
threats
like
floods
and
landslides
on
Friday
as it
carved a
path of
havoc
across
the
Southeast.
Landslides
blocked
a major
interstate
east of
Asheville,
N.C.,
helicopters
were
called
into
rescue
dozens
of
people
stranded
on a
hospital
roof in
Tennessee,
and
officials
ordered
evacuations
over
concerns
that an
overburdened
dam
would
send
water
cascading
into a
small
town.
On its
dash
inland
from
Florida,
the
storm
has
killed
at least
41
people
so far.
In the
densely
populated
Tampa
Bay
region,
neighborhoods
were
underwater,
and
other
small
Gulf
Coast
communities
were
largely
wiped
out.
Here’s
what
we’re
covering:
Rising
toll: At
least 41
deaths
in
Florida,
Georgia,
North
Carolina
and
South
Carolina
were
attributed
by
officials
to the
storm.
They
were
killed
by
rising
floodwaters,
falling
trees,
car
crashes
and a
tornado
spawned
by the
storm.
Florida
damage:
Helene
roared
ashore
just
before
midnight
near
Perry,
Fla., as
a
powerful
Category
4
hurricane.
Roofs
were
torn
off,
windows
shattered
and
trees
and
power
poles
snapped
like
matchsticks.
The
heaviest
blow
appeared
to fall
on
Florida’s
sparsely
populated
Big Bend
region.
Impact
elsewhere:
The
storm
brought
landslides
around
Asheville.
A flash
flood
warning
was in
place
for
20,000
people
near the
town of
Newport,
Tenn. In
the
small
town of
Erwin,
Tenn.,
about 60
people
were
rescued
by
helicopter
from the
roof of
a
hospital.
Power
outages
and
property
damage:
More
than 4.5
million
customers
were
without
power
across
several
states
on
Friday
evening.
South
Carolina
has the
most
outages,
with
over one
million
customers
in the
dark.
Helene
is
likely
to cause
$15
billion
to $26
billion
in
property
damage,
experts
say.
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