Tropical Depression Helene continues its onslaught across the Southeast, with nearly two dozen people dead across multiple states and several others trapped in rubble after the storm made landfall in Floridas’s Big Bend region late Thursday night as a monster Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph. More than 4 million have been left without power. At least 22 deaths have been reported so far, including 11 in Georgia, 7 in Florida, 2 in North Carolina and 2 in South Carolina, and officials fear that number could continue to climb. Helene made landfall about 10 miles west-southwest of Perry, Florida, at 11:10 p.m. ET Thursday with wind gusts in Florida and Southern Georgia clocked as high as 140 mph. Impacts have been felt across the Southeast and into portions of the mid-Atlantic as the monster storm pushes farther inland.
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