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International Business Times
International Business Times
Mark Moore

Helene Pounds Georgia, Carolinas With Wind, Rains After Battering Florida

A capsized boat washes ashore near St. Petersburg, Fla., on Thursday. Hurricane Helene, which made landfall late Thursday in the Big Bend region of Florida, weakened into a tropical storm as it moved into Georgia and the Carolinas on Friday. (Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

KEY POINTS

  • Helene made landfall in Florida Thursday evening
  • The Category 4 storm had 140 mph sustained winds
  • Several deaths reported

Hurricane Helene weakened into a tropical storm as it pummeled Georgia and the Carolinas with lashing rains on Friday after leaving a path of destruction in northwest Florida that knocked power out for millions, stranded cars, swamped streets and felled trees.

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