TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/AP/Gray News) – At least one person was killed in Florida as Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm Thursday night.
The hurricane center said Helene roared ashore around 11:10 p.m. Thursday near the mouth of the Aucilla River in the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf Coast.
It had maximum sustained winds estimated at 140 mph.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a press conference just after 11 p.m. Thursday that at least one Floridian died due to Helene.
DeSantis said the person died in Tampa when a sign crashed on their car on the highway.
“When Floridians wake up tomorrow morning, we’re going to be waking up to a state where very likely there’s been additional loss of life and certainly there’s going to be loss of property,” DeSantis said at the news conference.
Two other people were reported killed in a possible tornado in south Georgia as the storm approached. Wheeler County Sheriff Randy Rigdon told …