MIAMI, Florida, USA—In a preliminary account of the passage of Hurricane Helene through the southeastern United States, where it impacted category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scalethis Friday, it was reported that they have registered 26 people died, flooded streets by an unprecedented storm surge, damage to structures y more than four million people without electricity.
As reported earlier in the day by governor of florida, Ron DeSantisone person died after the falling from a tree in a house Dixie Countyin the region where Helene made landfall last night as a major hurricane.
In this state, they are seven deaths recorded so far. DeSantis had reported two fatalities and this morning the sheriff of the pinellas county, Bob Gualtierireported that so far there have been five deaths, two of them due to drowning.
Meanwhile, the office of the governor of georgia, Biran Kempreported 11 deaths, and its counterpart North Carolina, Roy Cooperof two deaths in this state.
The ABC network reveals for its part that in South Carolina have already been reported at least six deada figure that brings Helene’s death count to 26.
Helene advances as a tropical storm
In the southeastern United States, where Helene continues her destructive path, now as tormenta tropical after entering the west coast of Florida, more than four million homes and offices are found without electricityaccording to the specialized website PowerOutage.
The hurricane made landfall just after 11:00 p.m. Thursday night local time (03:00 GMT Friday), near the town of Perryin the region of northwest Florida known as Big Bendcon maximum sustained winds of 225 kilometers per hour.
This area woke up today with streets covered in fallen trees and polesbesides flooded areas due to the rise of the tide (at least 3 meters above its usual level) that Helene brought with it, which according to meteorologists is the Strongest hurricane to hit Big Bend.
Videos and photos show large waves hitting bridges and homes in coastal areas that were almost submerged in water during the cyclone’s passage.
In the Cedar Key areanear where Helene made landfall and which during the night recorded a rise in sea level of 2.7 meters, it was found that patrols began from dawn to remove trees from main roads to maintain the flow of lifeguards.
Flights canceled in the US
So far this Friday, more than 700 flights have been canceled in the US., the vast majority of them with scheduled departures or arrivals at the international airports of Charlotte (North Carolina), Atlanta (Georgia) and Tampa (Florida).
Flash flooding threat in Atlanta
Although Tallahassee, the capital of Florida, was spared the direct impact that was feared, because the system moved further east, other capitals, such as Atlanta (Georgia), remain under emergency due to flash flooding in its metropolitan area, detailed the NHC.
He mayor of atlanta, Andre Dickenspointed out that at least twenty people have been rescued during the night after being trapped in the middle of the floods inside homes or cars.
The governor of this state, Brian Kemp, said today that several hospitals in the south of this state have lost power and that rescue teams are heading east, where several residents have been trapped in their homes.
Biden signs disaster declaration
In anticipation of the trajectory that Helene, the president of the United States, has between Thursday and Friday, Joe Bidensigned disaster declaration for the states of Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Alabama.
Meteorologists warn that the threat posed by Helene will continue today, when the arduous rescue and search tasks for victims are underway, some of them elderly people who did not want to vacate their homes.
In the Asheville area of North Carolina, where a mandatory evacuation order is in effect, river flooding is expected to reach historic records, and landslides may also occur in the mountainous areas of western North Carolina.
In its most recent newsletter, the National Hurricane Center The U.S. National Highway Administration (NHC) reported that Helene is still producing “damaging wind gusts and potentially life-threatening flooding in several parts of the Southeast and southern Appalachians.”
The tropical storm was located this Friday about 50 kilometers southwest of Bryson City (North Carolina) and about 165 kilometers north-northeast of Atlanta (Georgia), according to the 11:00 a.m. EDT bulletin. USA (15:00 GMT).
As it continues to move over land, the system continues to weaken and now has maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour, and is moving rapidly northward at 52 kilometers per hour.
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