Cleanup continued Sunday from a storm that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction and knocked out power to several million people.
Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on Sept. 28, 2024, in Asheville, North Carolina .
More than 1,000 miles away in Texas, Jessica Drye Turner begged for someone to rescue her family members stranded on their rooftop in Asheville, N.C., surrounded by rising flood waters. "They are watching 18 wheelers and cars floating by," Turner wrote in an urgent Facebook post on Friday. 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.
In Florida's Big Bend, some lost nearly everything they own, emerging from the storm without even a pair of shoes. With sanctuaries still darkened in a county where as of Sunday morning, 97% of customers were without power, some churches canceled regular services while others like Faith Baptist Church in Perry opted to worship outside.
President Joe Biden said Saturday that Helene's devastation has been "overwhelming" and pledged to send help. He also approved a disaster declaration for North Carolina, making federal funding available for affected individuals.
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