Hurricane Helene Has Already Claimed Two Lives in Georgia

Two people are dead after a tornado overturned a mobile home in rural Wheeler County. The storm struck Thursday night as tornado warnings covered much of Central Georgia, with Hurricane Helene approaching the Florida coast.

What’s Happening: Sheriff’s officials say the tornado happened near Adams Cemetery Road, east of Scotland and south of Glenwood, confirming two fatalities when the mobile home overturned. The two victims were found in a field near where the mobile home was toppled.

🌍 Catch Up Quick: Hurricane Helene made landfall just after 11 p.m. and is headed on a trajectory that will take it all the way through Georgia before it veers into Tennessee and Kentucky.

• Wheeler County, along with several other counties, was under a tornado warning earlier in the evening.