| 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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