Falling trees and raging floods from Hurricane Helene killed more than 150 people when it struck Florida late last week and then plowed through the Southeast as one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history.
People died in six states: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
Among them were two young siblings who died when the family’s oak tree crashed into their bedroom, a man and his great-grandson, who died similarly to the children, and a sheriff’s deputy who drowned after a dam broke.
Here are some of the stories of the victims:
Georgia siblings killed by falling tree
Seven-year-old Harmony Taylor and her 4-year-old brother, Derrick, were inseparable, their parents Herbert and Crystal Taylor told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. They played together, sang Muni Long’s hit R&B ballad “Made for Me” together and slept together, her arm always wrapped around him….