The storm had weakened to Category 1, after slamming into the southeastern US coast as a powerful Category 4 hurricane.
Hurricane Helene has weakened on Friday hours after it made landfall in the US state of Florida, with officials warning the storm remained"extremely dangerous" as it surged inland, leaving flooded roads and homes in its wake.
About 1,131,100 homes and businesses were without power in Florida and more than 90,000 in Georgia as the storm moved northward, according to tracking site PowerOutage.us. The National Weather Service said the region could be hit extremely hard, with floods not seen in more than a century. Florida residents had been warned of"unsurvivable" storm surge, with images on local media showing flooded homes and intense rains.
The accompanying waves"can destroy houses, move cars, and that water level is going to rise very quickly," Brennan added."I urge everyone in and near the path of Helene to listen to local officials and follow evacuation warnings," he said."Take this seriously, and be safe.
"I am going to hunker down" and ride out the hurricane, as he did in 2018 when deadly Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 mega storm, blew through the Florida panhandle.
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