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Hurricane Helene is 1 of the astir powerful storms to deed the United States with upwind gust speeds of 140 mph (225 km/h) and dense rain.
The tempest made landfall successful Florida arsenic a class 4 hurricane but was downgraded to a tropical tempest arsenic it moved much inland.
However, it was the strongest tempest connected grounds to deed Florida's Big Bend and moved northbound into Georgia and the Carolinas aft making landfall overnight connected Thursday.
At slightest 45 radical person died and millions person been near without powerfulness amid beardown winds and flooding.
Insurers and fiscal institutions accidental harm caused by the tempest could tally into the billions of dollars.
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A section nonmigratory helps escaped a car that became stranded successful a agelong of flooding roadworthy connected the outskirts of Boone, North Carolina.
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Children locomotion past the collapsed information of a span aft flood waters destroyed it, successful Boone, North Carolina
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Members of the occurrence department's h2o rescue Team assistance a antheral successful Atlanta, Georgia
Across the portion galore would aftermath to find harm from flooding.
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Flood waters lavation implicit Guy Ford Road span connected the Watauga River arsenic Hurricane Helene approaches the North Carolina mountains
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Flood waters successful Tarpon Springs, Florida
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Peachtree Park Apartments nonmigratory Candice Ocvil (left) and Jibri Tolenrow KAYAK done flood waters successful Peachtree Creek, Georgia
In Peachtree Creek immoderate residents took to boats to navigate the flood h2o portion different acceptable astir cleaning up.
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Peachtree Park Apartments nonmigratory Andrea Palese begins to cleanable up
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A location successful Pinellas County, adjacent to Tampa successful Florida, was severely deed by the storm
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Power lines and fallen trees laic connected the crushed successful Crawfordville, Florida
As the flood h2o receded on the westbound seashore of Florida, it near down damaged oregon destroyed buildings.
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An oak histrion fell connected a location successful Anderson, South Carolina.
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Emergency teams, similar these Marine deputies, were connected manus to rescue those who required assistance.
Below an airboat transports residents rescued from flood waters owed to tempest surge successful Crystal River.
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Off the seashore of Florida, a antheral and his canine were rescued by the US Coast Guard, portion successful St Petersburg a capsized vessel washed ashore.
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Even earlier its arrival, the tempest had caused powerfulness outages for much than 1 cardinal radical and terrible flooding successful respective areas.
Trucks belonging to Duke Energy were pictured successful enactment waiting to repair harm erstwhile the tempest had passed.
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Ahead of the Hurricane galore residents moved to shelters similar this 1 astatine a schoolhouse successful Tallahassee.
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President Joe Biden and authorities authorities had urged radical to heed authoritative evacuation warnings earlier Helene hit, though immoderate chose to enactment successful their homes to hold retired the storm.
People boarded up windows and prepared their properties arsenic champion they could.
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Those who chose to enactment stocked up with nutrient to hold retired the storm.
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