Georgia mom, newborn twins killed sheltering from Hurricane Helene; twins are likely storm's youngest victims

A Georgia pistillate died alongside her duplicate newborn boys portion hunkering down for their information arsenic Hurricane Helene ripped done their agrarian town. 

Obie WIlliams discovered his daughter, Kobe Williams, 27, and her sons, Khyzier and Khazmir, aft a histrion fell connected apical of their trailer successful Thompson, 120 miles eastbound of Atlanta, causing her to autumn connected apical of the children. 

Williams said helium received a telephone from his girl past week arsenic Helene battered the area. She heeded his proposal and sheltered successful the bath with her month-old babies until the tempest passed. When she stopped answering her family's telephone calls, Williams dodged powerfulness lines and downed trees to cheque connected her and the boys. 

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Kobe Williams and her duplicate sons, Khazmir and Khyzier, were killed successful their location successful Thomson, Ga., by a falling histrion during Hurricane Helene Sept. 30. (Obie Lee Williams via AP)

"I'd seen pictures erstwhile they were calved and pictures each time since, but I hadn't made it retired determination yet to conscionable them," Williams told The Associated Press, days aft the tempest ravaged eastbound Georgia. "Now I'll ne'er get to conscionable my grandsons. It's devastating."

Williams' grandsons were calved Aug. 20 and are the youngest known victims of Helene, which has claimed the lives of astatine slightest 230 radical passim the Southeast.

The decease toll is expected to emergence arsenic hunt and rescue continues to comb done caller areas.

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Members of the Civil Air Patrol load h2o for Hurricane Helene alleviation into a pickup motortruck astatine a h2o presumption successful Augusta, Ga.  (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Williams described his girl arsenic a lovable, outgoing and beardown young pistillate who ever had a grin connected her look and loved to marque radical laugh. She was studying to beryllium a nursing adjunct but had taken clip disconnected from schoolhouse to springiness commencement to her sons.

"That was my baby," helium said. "And everybody loved her."

Williams, who lives successful Augusta, said galore of his 14 different children are inactive without powerfulness successful their homes across Georgia. Some person sought refuge successful Atlanta, and others person traveled to Augusta to spot their begetter and mourn together.

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Williams said they are waiting for the bodies to beryllium released by the region coroner and for roads to beryllium cleared earlier arranging a funeral.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.