Hurricane Helen has continued to wreak havoc and claim lives in the Southeast since making landfall Thursday night, with a total of 132 people dead and nearly 600 missing as of Monday. are.
The devastating aftermath, which was fully revealed on Monday, left a scene of complete devastation, with houses shattered, cargo containers crushed and highways mired in mud. According to To the Associated Press. Infrastructure failures in western North Carolina have plunged the region into crisis, cutting off roads, cutting off power and communications, and forcing residents to line up for fresh water and send messages to loved ones to ensure they're alive. are forced to do so.
The storm affected Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said. said. White House Homeland Security Adviser Liz Sherwood Randall said at a briefing Monday that as many as 600 people were reported missing, some feared dead, according to the Associated Press.
Hurricane Helen hits North Carolina, death toll triples in Asheville area: 'There were bodies in the trees' https://t.co/IRq5QpIgno pic.twitter.com/Dz2nJkHuHr
— New York Post (@nypost) September 30, 2024
President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit North Carolina on Wednesday to assess the damage and coordinate federal response efforts, according to the Associated Press. Efforts are underway to get relief supplies to the affected areas, with governments and aid organizations using a variety of methods to reach isolated communities, including air, truck and even mule deliveries. (Related article: FEMA cites 'equity' as top goal as Americans face the effects of Hurricane Helen)
Relief efforts continue in Asheville and western North Carolina in the wake of Tropical Storm Helen. According to In Monday's Citizen Times. The full extent of the damage remains unknown, and further updates are expected.
“There was a body in the tree. We found a body under the rubble,” said Alyssa Hudson of Black Mountain, a hard-hit village just 12 miles from Asheville. The Post said. reported Monday. “Videos of our house started being posted on Facebook. The floors were caved in, the walls were gone. We had a shed in our backyard, and they moved it two miles away. I found it somewhere.”
🚨Breaking News: Helen from Western, North Carolina
From our friends in Asheville:
– Hospitals are no longer able to sterilize instruments.
– There are too many bodies in the car to count. Corpses are lying everywhere.
-No assistance other than rescue
-100 times more miserable than Katrina
-rescue… pic.twitter.com/xBlrdDHIN1— FoxyFarmer🦊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@GardensR4Health) September 30, 2024
This video is difficult to understand. Beneath this rubble lies North Carolina's Lake Lure. All of this debris is part of the homes, businesses, and other property that was swept here by the debris of Hurricane Helen.
This will be a very long cleanup process. pic.twitter.com/9OlXKJIrmS
— Gage Goulding – KPRC 2 (@GageGoulding) September 30, 2024
Hurricane Helen Aftermath – North Carolina
WATCH – Disaster: North Carolina hits historic floods
Aerial photos show damage to Chimney Rock following Helen
September 28, 2024
Helen will be one of the most significant weather events of modern times in the northwest… pic.twitter.com/yOW2DPUEuT
— Abhay (@AstuteGaba) September 29, 2024
Kimberly and Jimmy Scott sailed through the devastated Black Mountains to rescue their daughter from Montreat University, where 1,000 students were stranded due to a power outage.
“Along the road, there were trees down, power lines down, structures down, cars crushed, railroad tracks destroyed. Buildings down on the road,” Kimberly told the Post. reported.
Ed Broyhill, a member of the Republican National Committee and a local homeowner, reports that Chimney Rock, North Carolina, was devastated by storm damage, and businesses, mainly tourism, in the area were washed away by Lake Lure. , Fox News reported. reported Monday.
“The saddest thing in the world is that so many people have made their living from tourism…They have everything from hotels, motels, restaurants, nice shops, souvenir shops, clothing stores. , all of that was washed away. All of that was washed away into the lake,” he said, FOX News reported.
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