Two people died – and four others were injured – in Newberry County, South Carolina, as a result of Hurricane Helene, the county sheriff told CNN on Friday afternoon.
With the new updates, the number of storm-related deaths confirmed in four states rose to 25.
Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster did not immediately provide additional details about the circumstances of the deaths and injuries.
Previously, CNN had reported 23 deaths from the storm.
Eight people in Florida
- A falling tree killed someone in a Dixie County home in Big Bend.
- A falling sign struck a car driving on Interstate 4 near Tampa’s Ybor City neighborhood.
- Drowning was responsible for at least two of those five deaths in Pinellas County, near Tampa: two in Treasure Island, two in Indian Rocks Beach and one in Dunedin.
- Water entered the home of a nearly 70-year-old woman found dead in Tampa.
Eleven people in Georgia
- A tornado killed two people in Alamo, southeast of Macon.
- Nine others died in the storm.
Two people in South Carolina
- Fallen trees killed residents in their homes in Anderson County, in the northwest of the state.
Two people in North Carolina
- A car crash on a slippery road left a 4-year-old girl dead in Claremont, north of the capital Charlotte.
- A fallen tree left someone dead in their Charlotte home.
Newberry County is located about 60 miles from the state capital, Columbia.
This content was originally published in Hurricane Helene: US storm death toll rises to 25 on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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