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Twin Infants Become Youngest Victims of Hurricane Helene

A mother and her newborn twins were tragically killed in Georgia as the storm's death toll exceeds 215 across the Southeast.

  • Kobe Williams and her 5-week-old twins, Khyzier and Khazmir, died when a tree fell on their home in Thomson, Georgia.
  • The family was sheltering from Hurricane Helene, which has become the deadliest U.S. hurricane since Katrina in 2005.
  • The storm has claimed over 215 lives across Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and the Carolinas, with many still unaccounted for.
  • Rescue efforts are ongoing, but downed power lines and fallen trees continue to impede progress in affected areas.
  • Kobe Williams, a single mother, was unable to evacuate due to her newborns and had been studying to become a nursing assistant.
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