More than 1.2 million people were without power early Friday morning after Helene made landfall near Perry, Florida, as a Category 4 storm.

Stewart E. Bowen, 87, of Nelsonville, died Sept. 22 at NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt.

The storm has been blamed for at least 52 deaths across five states, including 23 people in South Carolina and 11 in Florida.

Category 4 Helene made landfall just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 10 miles west-southwest of Perry, Florida.

PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Death toll from Hurricane Helene reaches at least 52, according to an Associated Press tally.

The remnants of Hurricane Helene are dissipating but millions remain without power across the Southeast and officials warned that record-breaking river flooding is ongoing in parts of southern Appalac ...