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ATLANTA - Tropical Depression Helene brought life-threatening flooding on Friday to wide sections of the US Southeast, where at least 43 people have been killed by a storm that swamped neighborhoods, triggered mudslides, threatened dams and left more than 3.5 million homes and businesses without power.Before moving north through Georgia and into Tennessee and the Carolinas, Helene hit Florida's Big Bend region as a powerful Category 4 hurricane on Thursday night, packing 140 mph winds.
"In nearby Buncombe County, landslides forced interstates 40 and 26 to close, the county said on X.The extent of the damage in Florida began emerging after daybreak on Friday.In coastal Steinhatchee, Florida, a storm surge — the wall of seawater pushed ashore by winds — of eight to 10 feet moved mobile homes, the National Weather Service said on X. In Treasure Island, a barrier island community in Pinellas County, boats were grounded in front yards.
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