Former Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in Northwest Florida as a Category 4 hurricane Thursday, is now creeping up into southwest Illinois. The storm continues to bring heavy rain and strong winds across Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Arkansas, with wind gusts up to 55 miles per hour.
Live radar Friday showed Tropical Storm Helene , which made landfall as a Category 4 Hurricane in Northwest Florida Thursday, creeping up into southwest Illinois while bringing heavy rain and strong winds across Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, plus parts of Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Arkansas.were expected to remain Friday and linger into the weekend, with wind gusts as high as 55 miles per hour at times.
The lingering storm could bring a"renegade" shower Friday afternoon, though most parts were expected to remain cloudy and dry, NBC 5 Meteorologist Alicia Roman said. Helene continues to weaken while moving farther inland over Georgia. The storm was about 40 miles east of Macon and about 100 miles southeast of Atlanta, moving north at 30 mph at 5 a.m., the center in Miami reported.
At a hotel in the city of 55,000 near the Florida line, dozens of people huddled in the darkened lobby after midnight Friday as winds whistled and howled outside. Electricity was out, with hall emergency lights, flashlights and cellphones providing the only illumination. Water dripped from light fixtures in the lobby dining area and roof debris fell to the ground outside.
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