NEWBORN twins have died in the senseless destruction of Hurricane Helene after a falling tree crushed their mother, knocking her onto them.
Kobe Williams, 27, and her two twin boys were found dead inside her trailer home in a rural Georgia town.
Newborn twin brothers Khazmir Williams and Khyzier Williams are the youngest known victims killed by Hurricane Helene’s deadly winds[/caption]
Kobe Williams, 27, was fatally hit by a tree that crashed through her trailer home in rural Georgia, causing her to fall on her babies[/caption]
Flood damage caused by Helene is seen in Bat Cave, North Carolina, after the storm tore through the southeast[/caption]
As the storm blew over Thomson, Georgia, about two hours east of Atlanta, Kobe’s father, Obie Williams, called to see if she was OK.
The worried grandfather immediately heard the cries of the newborns and urged his daughter to take cover in her bathroom until Helene’s deadly winds passed.
Minutes later, Obie and other family members tried to contact the new mom, but she didn’t answer the calls.
Later that day, Kobe’s concerned brother drove over to her home, dodging fallen trees and downed power lines to check on his sibling.
He was horrified by what he found.
A massive tree had fallen onto Kobe’s trailer, knocking her over onto her children and killing all three.
Kobe’s sibling was heartbroken to tell Obie the news, as he hadn’t even met his grandchildren.
“I’d seen pictures when they were born and pictures every day since, but I hadn’t had it out there to meet them,” Obie told the Associated Press days after the storm passed.
“Now I’ll never get to meet my grandsons. It’s devastating.”
At least 215 people have been killed by the deadliest hurricane since Katrina blew through in 2005, and twins Khazmir and Khyzier are the youngest known victims.
Two victims, a grandmother and grandfather, were found clutching each other in bed after a tree instantly killed them both.
Helene strengthened into a Category 4 storm with 140-mile-per-hour winds before eviscerating southeastern states like Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Rescue crews are still looking for survivors one week after the hurricane made landfall in Florida and brought sheets of rain that left towns like Asheville, North Carolina, completely underwater.
Landslides, days-long power outages, and flooding were all brought on by the unprecedented storm surge.
Some Appalachian towns have relied on mule deliveries and hand-written notes to hand out supplies to now-homeless residents.
The devastation has left some small-town residents feeling lucky to be alive.
“I didn’t know where I was going, didn’t know what was going to happen next. But I got out and I’m alive,” Asheville resident Robin Wynn said after the storm.
Vice President Kamala Harris is seen visiting those affected by Helene in Augusta, Georgia[/caption]
Downed power lines left some residents without power for days[/caption]
Towns in North Carolina were unrecognizable after sheets of rain descended on[/caption]
BABIES MOURNED
Obie lives in Augusta, about 30 minutes from his daughter, but couldn’t drive to Thomson until a day after her death due to fallen trees and downed power lines.
Kobe was a single mom who was in school to be a nursing assistant.
She had taken a break from classes to focus on taking care of her children.
According to Obie, she didn’t evacuate her home because, as a mother still nursing, she felt it was too early to travel.
Obie is the father of 14 children, and he said many of his kids are still without power.
Some fled to Atlanta for safety, and others joined him in mourning their indescribable loss.
“That was my baby,” Obie said.
“And everybody loved her.”
