A vehicle is submerged outside a home near Peachtree Creek in Atlanta Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.
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A vehicle is submerged outside a home near Peachtree Creek in Atlanta Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.

Credit: AP Photo/Jason Allen

Georgians are assessing the damage and beginning what promises to be a long clean up process from Hurricane Helene.

The storm blitzed through the state overnight with hurricane force winds after hitting Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm.

Officials say 11 people died in Georgia.  The hardest-hit areas were in the southeast.  Valdosta's mayor reported "utter devastation."