Friday, September 27, 2024

22 dead from Hurricane Helene

At least 22 people have died in the US' southeast following the
devastating effects of Hurricane Helene.

Some of the deaths were as a result of people becoming trapped in
flooded buildings.

It made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane before weakening
to a tropical storm as it pummeled Georgia and the Carolinas.

Heavy rain, life-threatening flash floods and destructive winds
battered the states.

North Carolina's governor Roy Cooper spoke about the size and strength
of the storm.

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp warned people about the ongoing dangers.

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A sheriff in Florida Bob Gualtieri said his deputies had been trying
to locate people missing and trapped.

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