{"id":50238,"date":"2024-09-27T16:46:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T20:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=50238"},"modified":"2024-09-27T16:47:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T20:47:19","slug":"death-toll-is-rising-from-hurricane-helene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/09\/27\/death-toll-is-rising-from-hurricane-helene\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Toll is rising from Hurricane Helene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More than 40 deaths in FL and nearby states were caused by Hurricane Helene, which hit at Cat. 4 strength\u2014FL power outages near 800K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As communities across Florida assess the wind and water damage caused overnight by Helene\u2019s catastrophic storm surge and strong winds, the death toll has climbed to 40 and authorities in several Southeast states warn it will likely go higher. Thousands of people have been rescued from high waters across Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Associated Press lists 40 fatalities from the storm as of Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deputies rescued about 100 people from the Ramada Inn on North Tamiami Trail in Sarasota Thursday night as water from Sarasota Bay began flooding the ground floor, the Manatee County Sheriff\u2019s Office. Multiple deputies waded through rising water to evacuate the guests, which included several elderly people in wheelchairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinellas County in the Tampa-St. Pete Metro reported five people died, at least two by drowning, in coastal communities. Bob Gualtieri, the sheriff, said in a news conference on Friday morning that two of the victims were found on Treasure Island, two in Indian Rocks Beach, and one in Dunedin. Hundreds of rescues were made by police and fire crews across the Tampa region overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Times reported seven deaths<\/a> have been confirmed in Florida. One person was killed in Dixie County, about two hours southeast of Tallahassee, when a tree fell on a house, Gov. Ron De Santis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Honda Odyssey was struck by a falling freeway sign Thursday night near 21st Street on Interstate 4, the Florida Highway Patrol said. A Honda Odyssey, driven by a 61-year-old Gibsonton man was westbound with three passengers. A 23-year-old man, also from Gibsonton, suffered fatal injuries in the accident. The driver and other passengers were not hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia officials have reported 11 storm-related fatalities, Gov. Brian Kemp said at a news conference, who added that one of the people who died was an emergency worker. Two people died in Laurens County and one in Colquitt County because of the storm. Two people died in a tornado in Wheeler County, in the south-central part of Georgia; in Liberty County, near Savannah, a person had died after a tree fell on a camper. The locations of the other five deaths hasn’t been released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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