Tropical Storm Helene has caused billions of dollars in damage across the southeastern United States. The storm brought powerful winds and torrential rain, leaving over 3 million customers without power. Western North Carolina was isolated due to landslides and flooding, while hundreds of water rescues were conducted, including a dramatic operation at a flooded Tennessee hospital.
across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than 3 million customers went into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods.
The storm, now a post-tropical cyclone, was expected to hover over the Tennessee Valley on Saturday and Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said. Several flood and flash flood warnings remained in effect in parts of the southern and central Appalachians, while high wind warnings also covered parts of Tennessee and Ohio.
It’s a place where Susan Sauls Hartway and her 4-year-old Chihuahua mix Lucy could afford to live within walking distance of the beach on her salary as a housekeeper.Friday afternoon, Hartway wandered around her street near Ezell Beach, searching for where the storm may have deposited her home.Born and raised in rural Taylor County, Hartway said there is nowhere in the world she would rather be, even after Helene.
When the water hit knee-level in Kera O’Neil’s home in Hudson, Florida, she knew it was time to escape. Officials urged people who were trapped to call for rescuers and not tread floodwaters, warning they can be dangerous due to live wires, sewage, sharp objects and other debris.
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