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    Hurricane Helene in South Carolina: Tracker, latest forecast

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    A tornado watch was issued by the National Weather Service office in Atlanta that included parts of South Carolina. Inland and coastal flooding could cause major damage across the state.

    South Carolina is bracing for the impact of Hurricane Helene, which will make landfall in the Florida Panhandle Thursday evening as a major hurricane, possibly as powerful as a Category 3 or higher, before barreling through the Southeast, meteorologists say.

    More than 42 million people in the Southeast are under hurricane and tropical storm warnings as the storm makes landfall somewhere in the Big Bend region of Florida late Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

    After landfall, the path is expected to cross into Georgia, but parts of South Carolina are under weather warnings and watching as the Palmetto State also expects to feel the impact of the storm.

    On Thursday morning, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for parts of Georgia and South Carolina until 9:00 PM ET. The area under surveillance includes Savannah, Charleston and Columbia.

    Follow here for live updates: Hurricane Helene is now a major Cat 3 storm and is barreling toward Florida

    Coastal flooding and other damage expected

    Although the center of the hurricane path is expected to narrowly miss South Carolina, major rain damage and flooding are still seen. Due to strong winds from the Atlantic Ocean, significant storm surge and coastal flooding are also expected in South Carolina.

    Parts of Charleston may experience flooding Thursday evening through Friday morning. As the storm moves inland, strong winds could impact parts of the state, with many residents at risk of power outages, according to AccuWeather.

    The National Weather Service Office in Charleston issued Tropical Storm Watch warnings Wednesday morning covering part of South Carolina’s coastline and inland.

    In Columbia, the NWS office predicted isolated tornadoes were likely, and warned of strong wind gusts over 60 miles per hour, power outages and downed trees.

    On Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service issued a dire warning to residents of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina about inland flooding that could pose a deadly threat even after the first storm passes.

    “NOAA’s National Weather Service is warning communities that Helene’s flooding rainfall and high winds will not be confined to the Gulf Coast and are expected to move hundreds of miles inland,” the release said.

    The agency warned that outside of Florida, high flooding risks could be seen in areas around metro Atlanta and western North Carolina.

    Hurricane Helene tracker

    Note: The effects of the storm can be felt outside the cone shown in the following image.

    Weather warnings for South Carolina

    Tropical storm force winds may arrive in South Carolina Thursday evening

    Contributors: Gabe Hauari, Dinah Voyles Pulver

    Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at [email protected] and follow him at X @fern_cerv_.

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