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    Helene leaves about 1 million in the dark

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    About a million people in Georgia were without power early Friday as Helene ripped through the state after making landfall in Florida on Thursday.

    Helene, which was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, continued to travel across Georgia at 30 miles per hour. As of early Friday, the storm was about 40 miles east of Macon, Georgia, and 100 miles southeast of Atlanta.

    Two people have already died in Georgia as a result of the storm after a mobile home was toppled by a possible tornado on Thursday, local news media reported.

    Authorities in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas were busy rescuing residents trapped in rising waters as Helene continued to dump heavy rains across the Southeast. Thousands are already without power and additional significant impacts from the storm are expected to occur across the state and in northern and central Georgia, the National Weather Service office in Atlanta said.

    About 4 to 6 inches of rain fell across north-central Georgia, including Atlanta and surrounding counties, according to the weather service in Peachtree City, south of Atlanta. Forecasters say an additional five centimeters could fall during the morning.

    In response, Governor Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency.

    More than 2.5 million homes and businesses in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina were left in the dark early Friday as Helene lashed the region with high winds and heavy rain, according to a USA TODAY power outage tracker.

    Follow below for the latest numbers on power outages in Georgia as Hurricane Helene blows ashore.

    Map of power outages in Georgia

    According to USA TODAY’s tracker, more than a million people were without power in Georgia alone around 7:30 a.m. Friday. Chatham County had the most residents without power, with 113,212 reported outages.

    Hurricane Helene tracker

    Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at [email protected] and follow him at X @fern_cerv_.

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