CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla.
— Emergency crews rushed Friday to rescue people trapped in flooded homes after Helene roared ashore as a powerful Category 4 hurricane in Florida, generating a massive storm surge and knocking out power to millions of customers in several states.
Video on social media sites showed sheets of rain coming down and siding coming off buildings in Perry, Florida, near where the storm arrived. One local news station showed a home that was overturned, and many communities established curfews. County officials immediately launched boats to reach stranded people, warning that the water could contain live wires, sewage, sharp objects and other debris.
One person was killed in Florida when a sign fell on their car, and two people were reported killed in a possible tornado in south Georgia as the storm approached. Trees that toppled onto homes were blamed for deaths in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Anderson County, South Carolina. Soon after it crossed over land, Helene weakened to a tropical storm, with its maximum sustained winds falling to 70 mph . At 11 a.m. Friday, the storm was about 105 miles northeast of Atlanta, moving north at 32 mph with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph , the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported.
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