No power. No food. And no functioning roads to safely leave the homes in which they are stranded.
"Our basement flooded yesterday. If they don't get somebody to us soon, I really don't know what to do," Replogle said.They have seen a photo of the business' flooded parking lot and fear "we have lost most of everything."Watauga County authorities have declared a curfew from 8pm to 8am, according to a post on the county's Emergency Services Facebook page.
More than 400 roads remain closed in western North Carolina, the state Department of Transportation said Saturday morning.The storm has exposed other North Carolina residents to life-or-death situations.This image taken from video from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency shows a helicopter on the roof of Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tenn., where patients and staff had to be rescued from after the Nolichucky River flooded and surrounded the building from Hurricane Helene, Friday, Sept.
Kunst was playing the card game Uno with six of her friends in a small room within the dining hall when the landslide broke through the window."You look back and you just see it pouring into the room and you're like, oh my goodness, I was there two seconds ago," Kunst told CNN.Kunst and her friends ultimately decided to trek through flood water to get to a parking lot on higher ground, where their vans were located.
Destruction is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Asheville resident Matt Lewis described the "pure chaos" left in the aftermath of the storm. As the day broke on Saturday, McNamara was able to take a first look at the destruction left in Helene's wake.
Floodwaters broke over the 1.5m tall loading dock and flooded the building with an estimated 1.2m of water, according to McNamara.An aerial view a damaged bridge and flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene is seen along the Nolichucky River, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Greene County, Tenn. "We're seeking some places in Asheville. We're gonna stay right here, but it's a tough and unique business," said McNamara.Over the weekend, totals of up to 2.
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