Death toll rises to 44
At least 44 people have died from Hurricane Helene.
In Georgia, 15 people were killed, including a first responder who was trying to save others, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said.
In McDuffie County, just west of Augusta, a mother and her twin infants were among the victims, officials said.
In Wheeler County, southeast of Macon, a man and a woman were killed after their mobile home overturned, local officials said.
In Florida, 9 people have died.
One person died in Dixie County in the Big Bend region when a tree fell on a home, Gov. Ron DeSantis said, and a second person was killed on Interstate 4 near Tampa when a sign fell on a car.
Five others died in Pinellas County, according to the sheriff.
Two were killed in North Carolina. In Charlotte, one person was killed when a tree fell on a house, according to the Mecklenburg EMS Agency, and another person died in a traffic accident in Catawba County, officials said.
Seventeen people have died in South Carolina, including two firefighters in Saluda County, Gov. Henry McMaster said.
One person has died in Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin said. "We have sadly reported one fatality today from a storm-related treefall and building collapse and that was in Craig County," the governor said Friday night.