Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane, causing billions of dollars in damage and leaving millions without power. The storm brought torrential rain and flooding, particularly impacting Western North Carolina where landslides and flooding shut down major roadways.
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.
There were hundreds of water rescues, none more dramatic than in rural Unicoi County in East Tennessee, where dozens of patients and staff were plucked by helicopter from the roof of a hospital that was surrounded by water from a flooded river. When the water hit knee-level in Kera O’Neil’s home in Hudson, Florida, she knew it was time to escape.
In North Carolina, a lake featured in the movie “Dirty Dancing” overtopped a dam and surrounding neighborhoods were evacuated, although there were no immediate concerns it would fail. People also were evacuated from Newport, Tennessee, a city of about 7,000 people, amid concerns about a dam near there, although officials later said the structure had not failed.through 330 PM today. Some of the higher totals include Manchester 4.72", Nashville 4.39", Dover 3.67", and Clarksville 3.
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