The storm hit with maximum sustained winds of 105mph before weakening to a post-tropical cyclone. It felled trees and ripped roofs off buildings. Alabama, Florida and Georgia declared states of emergency ahead of its arrival, and Florida and Alabama ordered mandatory evacuations for thousands of people.
Each state reported two deaths, including people killed when trees fell on their houses. In Florida's Escambia County, Sheriff Chip Simmons said a tree crushed a woman inside her home. Her husband, Joey Williams, told NewsNation they had gone outside to photograph the damage, and a tree came through the roof after they went back in. "I was able to squeeze out. My wife didn't make it," he said.
Simmons later reported a second Escambia County death. A man died from carbon monoxide poisoning after he ran a generator in a garage without proper ventilation, and four others in the same house went to the hospital. Floodwaters also swallowed vehicles, and the Florida National Guard shared pictures of soldiers swimming to a truck stuck in a flood ditch.
Two more storms are already lining up in the Pacific, with Category 4 Hurricane Simon bearing down on Mexico and Tropical Storm Rachel expected to hit southern California.