PERRY, Florida, USA (AP).— The drizzle caused by Hurricane Helene left several people stranded, without shelter and waiting to be rescued today, Saturday, while work began to clean up a storm that caused at least 56 deathswidespread destruction in the southeastern United States and left millions of customers without electricity.
“I have never seen so many homeless people as I have now,” he said. Janalea Englandof Steinhatchee, Floridaa small river town in the rural northern part of the state, while turning his fish business into a place of donations for friends and neighbors, many of whom did not have their homes insured.
Helene touched solid ground in the north of Florida like a category 4 hurricane on thursday September 26 at night with winds of 225 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour).
Georgia, destroyed
From that moment on, he advanced rapidly through Georgiawhere Governor Brian Kemp said today Saturday that It seemed like a bomb had exploded. after seeing, from heaven, destroyed houses and highways covered in debris.
USA 🇺🇸 “#Helene unleashes Hell! Catastrophic floods hit the streets while #HurricaneHelene advances through #Georgia
Helene left a trail of devastation in the southeast #US claiming at least 49 lives”— Revelation- אֱמוּנָה (@369End) September 28, 2024
North and South Carolina
Already weakened, Helene whipped North and South Carolinaas well as Tennesseewith torrential rains, which caused the streams and rivers to overflow and pushed the dams to their limits.
The west of North Carolina was practically in solitary confinement due to landslides and floods that forced the closure of the interstate 40 and other roads.
Boone, North Carolina after Hurricane Helene hit, leaving the city flooded.
There has reportedly been 52 deaths caused by the storm, leaving millions without power in five states (South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia).
Prayers for all the victims of… pic.twitter.com/A0B0nzRI8L
— NJ (@NJtee19) September 28, 2024
Historic North Carolina village under water after devastating damage from Helene #NorthCarolina #SouthCarolina #Georgia #Tennessee #Weatherhttps://t.co/w26puVjAVM
— Grace Hopewell (@HopewellGMaria) September 28, 2024
Unique, Tennessee, flooded
Hundreds of water rescues have already been carried out, but none more dramatic that the effect in rural Unicoi Countyin the east of Tennesseewhere dozens of patients and workers were lifted by helicopter from the roof of a hospital on Friday.
Helicopter RESCUE of 54 people from the top of Unicoi Co. Hospital in Irwin, (eastern) Tennessee, in the midst of deadly flooding from Hurricane Helene. The hospital was “engulfed by extremely dangerous and rapidly moving water.” pic.twitter.com/LBuenn81gz
— Kelly Avellino (@KellyAvellino) September 28, 2024
These are photos from the Erwin/Unicoi County area. Aerial assessments are underway and we’re sending our crews out to the hardest hit areas. #easttn #helene #stormcleanup #damage #roadconditions pic.twitter.com/1ojx7afDHi
— myTDOT (@myTDOT) September 28, 2024
Massive debris flow traveling at lightning speed in eastern TN! The preceding drought conditions followed by days of rain ahead of Hurricane Helene set the stage. This is incredibly rapid for a debris flow. pic.twitter.com/LhT2Dzos6B
— Reed Timmer, PhD (@ReedTimmerUSA) September 28, 2024
Buncombe, also under water
And the rescues continued the next day in County BuncombeNorth Carolina, where part of Asheville was under water.
The entire French Broad River Valley in Asheville, NC flooded from #Helene. This area was richly known for its great art studios and culture.
The River Arts District is gone. It hurts to see all the hard work from locals lost…I talked to many who were too shocked to fathom it… pic.twitter.com/fxB7aBnjv9
— Josh Griffith ⚡ (@JoshGriffithWX) September 28, 2024
“To say this took us by surprise would be an understatement,” he said. Quentin Millercounty police chief.
Although several people died in the county, the director of Emergency Services, Van Taylor Jonessaid he was not prepared to report the details, in part because downed cell phone towers hampered efforts to contact relatives.
Relatives posted desperate pleas for help on Facebook. Among those waiting for news of their loved ones was Francine Cavanaughwhose sister told him she was going to check on some guests at a vacation cabin as the storm began to hit Asheville.
Cavanaugh, who lives in Atlanta, has not been able to contact his sister since. “I think people are completely stranded,” he said in this regard.
The stormwhich is now a post-tropical cyclone, would pass over the Tennessee Valley today Saturday and tomorrow Sunday, reported the National Hurricane Center.
“Catastrophic” floods.
Helene caused the worst flooding in a century in North Carolinawhere the governor Roy Cooper described them as “catastrophic” as search and rescue teams from 19 states and the federal government came to help.
A community, Spruce Pinewas inundated with more than 60 centimeters (2 feet) of rain from Tuesday through Saturday.
Helene might have taken down the global semiconductor industry?
I was worried that it did by way of impairment to the supply of high purity quartz which is highly concentrated in Spruce Pine NC (see below)
Having investigated, I now believe it’d still be cost effective to… pic.twitter.com/hefHhtkgNb
— John Neil Conkle (@jnconkle) September 28, 2024
So many areas close to so many of our hearts have been impacted by the remnants of Helene. For my family, it is my dad’s hometown of Spruce Pine, NC which is one of the small mountain towns in the western part of the state. Praying Psalms 34:18 over this precious town. pic.twitter.com/sZXuJni3Qu
— Allison Young (@Alli_Young) September 28, 2024
Pictures and video courtesy of Richard Crouse and the Let’s talk Spruce Pine FB group. The rural area of the mountains has been absolutely decimated by Hurricane Helene. People are stranded. This is a dire situation. @WRAL @ABC11_WTVD @WLOS_13 pic.twitter.com/FeqG2jbK89
— kelciecrouse (@kelciecrousee) September 28, 2024
Record rainfall in Atlanta
and in Atlanta 28.24 centimeters (11.12 inches) of rain fell in 48 hours, a record for that period since records began in 1878.
Watch as an Atlanta-area resident pilots his jon boat down flooded streets to check on his neighbors in the aftermath of Helene: pic.twitter.com/Cyh3841jtt
— Garden & Gun (@gardenandgun) September 28, 2024
The American president, Joe Bidensaid Saturday that the devastation caused by Helene is “overwhelming” and promised to send help.
Helene is the deadliest tropical cyclone for South Carolina since he Hurricane Hugo killed 35 people when it made landfall north of Charleston in 1989.
Deaths have also been reported in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
Helene’s damages quantified
According to Moody’s Analyticsare expected between 15,000 and 26,000 million dollars in material damage.
The preliminary estimate of AccuWeather Helene’s total damages and economic losses in the United States are between 95,000 and 110,000 million dollars.
He climate change has exacerbated the conditions that allow these types of storms to thrive, rapidly intensifying in warmer waters and becoming powerful cyclones sometimes within hours.
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