As Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall in Florida on Thursday night, South Carolina is bracing for the effects of the major hurricane.

On Friday morning, catastrophic flash flooding is a major threat from northern Georgia to Asheville, North Carolina. That area already saw up to 6 inches of rain over the last 24 hours from a separate storm, and Helene could drop another 10 to 20 inches of rain.

The first bands of rain and gusty winds from Hurricane Helene arrived in South Carolina on Thursday morning, and state officials are preparing to respond to potential impacts from the storm. “We’ve been through this before many,

Fallen trees are blamed for at least five of the deaths, including Christine Schmeiske of Anderson, who was trapped in her house under heavy debris

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Multiple Louisiana fire crews are headed to South Carolina to assist with Hurricane Helene efforts. The storm has caused billions of dollars worth of destruction across multiple states and has also led to dozens of deaths.

Tuesday’s earthquake was confirmed at 11:52 p.m. in the area between Catawba, South Carolina, and Jaars, North Carolina, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division said. It happened about 4.5 miles beneath the surface, the USGS said.

Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson and surrounding counties, according to the Greenville-Spartanburg NWS.

Several counties are without power, hundreds of trees have fallen and river communities flood due to rising waters in the upstate

South Carolina public safety officials confirmed Friday there were 19 storm-related deaths in the state. The deaths are attributed to Helene and its impacts on South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety said the deaths were confirmed through the coroner offices in each county: Newberry – 2 Anderson –