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At least 64 dead and millions without power after Helene’s deadly march across the Southeast
AP News ^ | 8:38 PM CDT, September 28, 2024 | STEPHEN SMITH, KATE PAYNE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH

Posted on 09/28/2024 7:03:21 PM PDT by Red Badger

PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power.

“I’ve never seen so many people homeless as what I have right now,” said Janalea England, of Steinhatchee, Florida, a small river town along the state’s rural Big Bend, as she turned her commercial fish market into a storm donation site for friends and neighbors, many of whom couldn’t get insurance on their homes.

Helene blew ashore in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday with winds of 140 mph (225 kph).

From there, it quickly moved through Georgia, where Gov. Brian Kemp said Saturday that it “looks like a bomb went off” after viewing splintered homes and debris-covered highways from the air. Weakened, Helene then soaked the Carolinas and Tennessee with torrential rains, sending creeks and rivers over their banks and straining dams.

Western North Carolina was isolated because of landslides and flooding that forced the closure of Interstate 40 and other roads. All those closures delayed the start of the East Tennessee State University football game against The Citadel because the Buccaneers’ drive to Charleston, South Carolina, took 16 hours.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: helene; hurricane; hurricanehelene; nc; northcarolina
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To: jeffc

Yep. All the water from the hurricane was trapped in the town of Boone. Nowhere for it to go. Even though it’s on a higher elevation.


41 posted on 09/29/2024 8:20:59 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: gundog
Will Kamala leap to the rescue?

Don't be silly. Only Republicans control the weather.

</sarcasm>

42 posted on 09/29/2024 8:59:46 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: gundog

Oh yeah, she’ll leap right on it. She is a leaper.


43 posted on 09/29/2024 9:30:09 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: janetjanet998

Ashville is full of libtards that have actually implemented reparations for slavery. Wrath of God, I say.


44 posted on 09/29/2024 9:50:20 AM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: GailA

If they are a few miles from the river they should be fine. A few in Sevier Co were evacuated due to Douglas Lake high levels.


45 posted on 09/29/2024 10:23:18 AM PDT by cva66snipe
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To: mewzilla

Catturd is right.


46 posted on 09/29/2024 11:16:27 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Gene Eric

I think the game should be canceled on account of storm effects.


47 posted on 09/29/2024 11:49:33 AM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: All
More than 500 troops have conducted 117 rescues in Western NC
48 posted on 09/29/2024 12:11:27 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Wow

Video Lake Lure and Chimney Rock area of North Carolina Devastated after flooding

https://rumble.com/v5gtkh1-lake-lure-and-chimney-rock-area-of-north-carolina-devastated-after-flooding.html?playlist_id=Uej4FCbFQlo


49 posted on 09/29/2024 1:38:03 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: janetjanet998

Yes. Wiped out. Lake Lure Dam is still holding. They were afraid that it was going to fail.


50 posted on 09/29/2024 1:44:06 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Red Badger

Hurricane Helene Fatality Total: 103+
{1,073+ Remain Missing}

➼38+ in North Carolina [1,000+ Remain Missing]
•30+ in Buncombe County
•5 in Henderson County
•1 in Catawba County
•1 in Gaston County
•1 in Mecklenburg County

➼28 in South Carolina
•6 in Spartanburg County
•4 in Aiken County
•4 in Greenville County
•4 in Saluda County
•4 in Anderson County
•3 in Laurens County
•2 in Newberry County
•1 in Greenwood County

➼21 in Georgia
•3 in McDuffie County
•3 in Richmond County
•3 in Lowndes County
•2 in Wheeler County
•2 in Laurens County
•2 in Jeff Davis County
•2 in Washington County
•1 in Colquitt County
•1 in Pierce County
•1 in Liberty County
•1 in Columbia County

➼12 in Florida
•9 in Pinellas County
•2 in Hillsborough County
•1 in Dixie County
•0 in Taylor County {Hurricane Landfall Location}

➼2+ in Tennessee [73+ Remain Missing]
•Officials in Unicoi County confirmed “deaths” occurred, with no specific numbers.

➼2 in Virginia
•1 in Craig County
•1 in Tazewell County

https://x.com/WXFatalities/status/1840504720286470166


51 posted on 09/29/2024 2:40:48 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: All
Kamala and Joe are pretty much ignoring the disaster in Asheville, NC
52 posted on 09/29/2024 2:58:00 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Red Badger

Just an idea. President Trump should announce that effective Monday through next Saturday that all campaign contributions will be donated to disaster relief for the affected areas and double dog dare the Democrats to do the same.


53 posted on 09/29/2024 4:21:22 PM PDT by Fai Mao (The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: Fai Mao

FEMA is broke..........


54 posted on 09/29/2024 4:23:42 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger
FEMA is broke..........

And FEMA is especially out of funds when the people need help don't usually vote "correctly".

Just ask those folks up in Ohio about the help they got.

Or, better yet, ask somebody/anybody in the media if they know anything about Western NC. Anything at all.

That's your first tipoff. You don't vote their way you just don't exist any more.

55 posted on 09/29/2024 6:58:34 PM PDT by Unrepentant VN Vet (Fight me if you wish, but remember I am old for a reason)
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet

Denying or blocking federal catastrophe aid is a crime................


56 posted on 09/29/2024 7:00:33 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger
The devastation was to the white heartland so nothing to see here. Move along.
57 posted on 09/29/2024 7:04:07 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Red Badger

Correct.

But only for some.

File those charges and guess how long it’s going to take for DOJ/FBI to do anything at all. Except maybe find a judge who will dump them because of “standing”.


58 posted on 09/29/2024 7:07:19 PM PDT by Unrepentant VN Vet (Fight me if you wish, but remember I am old for a reason)
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To: janetjanet998

The debris in Lake Lure was the town of Chimney Rock.


59 posted on 09/29/2024 7:14:16 PM PDT by Aquamarine ( “Be excited about the future of our country. Be excited.” - Donald Trump)
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To: Red Badger
Supplies airlifted into Asheville, North Carolina after Hurricane Helene wreaks ‘heartbreak and devastation’
60 posted on 09/29/2024 8:48:28 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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