COLUMBIA,
S.C.--The remnants of Tropical Storm Helene spun across the Southeast
on Saturday after dumping heavy rain in the Carolinas and killing
a man asleep in a trailer. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Isaac grew
to hurricane strength deep in the Atlantic.
Issac's winds
reached 120 mph Saturday, but with its eye about 1,700 miles east
of the Lesser Antilles, forecasters said it posed no immediate
threat to land.
Helene came
ashore early Friday in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and dissipated
as it quickly moved up the Eastern Seaboard. By midday Saturday,
it had moved off the Outer Banks.
The storm
was blamed for one death and at least six injuries in Allendale
County, about 80 miles south of Columbia, said South Carolina
Emergency Preparedness Division spokesman Joe Farmer.
John Thomas
Kendrick, 68, was killed in Martin, S.C., when a trailer where
he was sleeping was picked up by wind, said Allendale County Coroner
Elaine Poston. About a dozen other homes in the area were also
damaged, and the National Weather Service was checking reports
of a tornado.
Several communities
in the Carolinas reported flooding in low-lying areas. Brunswick
and New Hanover counties in North Carolina recorded 6 to 7 inches
of rain, and Orangeburg, S.C., received more than 5 1/3 inches,
according to the National Weather Service.
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