When Hurricane Helene made landfall in South Carolina, John Savage went to his grandparents’ bedroom to see if they were doing okay. “We heard one snap and I remember going back there and checking on ...

"My grandpa apparently heard the tree snap beforehand and rolled over to try and protect my grandmother," the couple's grandson recalled Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She ...

Under the cover of night on Sept. 27, high winds and hard rain stirred Jerry and Marcia Savage from slumber inside their one-story Beech Island home. It also rattled their 22-year-old grandson in the ...

BEECH ISLAND, S.C. (TNND) — A married couple in their 70s was killed when a tree crashed through the roof of a South Carolina home as Hurricane Helene raged across Southeastern U.S. They were ...

BEECH ISLAND, S.C. — As Hurricane Helene roared outside, the wind howling and branches snapping, John Savage went to his grandparents’ bedroom to make sure they were OK. “We heard one snap and I ...