By The Independent (World News) | Created at 2024-10-02 22:05:20 | Updated at 2024-10-03 00:25:41
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Hurricane Helene is now the deadliest storm since Katrina, with 182 fatalities confirmed Wednesday across six Southeast states.
The majority of deaths were reported in North Carolina, which saw devastating flooding from swollen rivers and debris and landslides. More deaths in the state and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia, are expected in coming days.
South Carolina, where power was still out for 449,000, saw 39 deaths.
Helene made landfall last Thursday in Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 4 storm before it shifted up the coast.
It is now the second deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland US since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish on August 29, 2005. The Category 5 storm killed nearly 1,400 people.
In 2022, Hurricane Ian was responisble for 156 deaths across Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia.
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