Florida’s death toll hit seven on Friday with the Tampa Bay Times reporting that five people had died in Pinellas County, in addition to two deaths reported elsewhere earlier. At least eleven others were killed in Georgia and the toll across the Southeast was expected to grow.

More than 700,000 homes and businesses remained without power Friday morning in Florida as Helene weakened to a tropical depression, a decrease from earlier in the day where more than a million people were without electricity.