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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said there was a report of one person dying when a sign fell onto their car as they were driving on Interstate 4 in Tampa.
“It just shows you that it’s very dangerous conditions out there. You need to be, right now, just hunkering down,” he said at a news conference late Thursday.
DeSantis said more fatalities were possible as the storm advances and that 3,500 National Guardsmen were standing by to help respond.
“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,” he said. “You’re going to have people that are going to lose their homes because of this storm. So please keep those folks in mind, keep them in your prayers.”
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Two people have died after a possible tornado struck a mobile home in south Georgia on Thursday night, Wheeler County Sheriff Randy Rigdon told WMAZ-TV.
The damage was reported as heavy thunderstorms from Hurricane Helene raked much of the state. Wheeler County is about 70 miles (113 kilometers) southeast of Macon.
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