Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced at a news conference on Saturday that seventeen people had died in the state during Helene.
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“This storm has spared no one,” he told the crowd.
In Blackshear, Assistant Fire Chief Vernon Leon Davis as he responds to a call. According to Kemp, a tree fell on top of his vehicle.
In McDuffie County, a 27-year-old mother and her one-month-old twins were killed after a tree fell on their home.
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A seven-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl were killed in Washington County. A tree fell on their house and they became trapped in a burning house.
According to Kemp, a 57-year-old man in Dublin died after a tree crashed into his house.
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