The death toll from Helene has risen to at least 14 across the South as of Friday morning. Here’s a breakdown. fc188
Florida: Seven deaths have been confirmed. One person died on a highway in Tampa because of a falling sign, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis, and another was killed in Dixie County, about two hours southeast of Tallahassee, when a tree fell on a house. 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.
Georgia: Officials have reported six deaths. 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.
North Carolina: There has been one death in the state so far, a 4-year-old girl who was killed in a weather-related car crash on Thursday.
The death toll is likely to grow as the day goes on.fc188