Emergency crews are racing to rescue people trapped in flooded homes after Helene roared ashore as a powerful Category 4 hurricane in Florida.
The system generated a massive storm surge and knocked out power to millions of customers in several states.Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the entire southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 40 people in four states, snapping towering oaks like twigs, tearing apart homes and sending rescue crews on desperate missions to save people from floodwaters.
by helicopter unfolded after 54 people were moved to the roof of the Unicoi County Hospital as water rapidly flooded the facility. All staff and patients were rescued and no one was left at the hospital as of late Friday afternoon, Ballad Health said. “It’s really heartbreaking,” said Stephen Tucker, after the hurricane peeled the brand-new roof off a church in Perry, which was replaced after Hurricane Idalia last year.When the water rose up to Kera O’Neil’s knees inside her home in Hudson, Florida, she knew it was time to escape.
Nearly 4 million homes and businesses were without power Friday afternoon in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, according to As the hurricane’s eye passed near Valdosta, Georgia, a city of 55,000 near the Florida line, dozens of people huddled early Friday in a darkened hotel lobby. Helene is the third storm to strike the city in just over a year.
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