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At least three people have died in the south-eastern United States following Hurricane Helene’s landfall on Thursday evening, but by Friday morning the storm had been downgraded to a Category 1 storm, authorities said. The National Weather Service said the hurricane made landfall on the west coast of Florida as a Category 4 hurricane – the second highest category – but had lost steam. The casualties were in Florida and Georgia. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said one person had died when a traffic sign had fallen and hit a car. CNN reported that two people died in Georgia when they were caught …

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