{"id":107801,"date":"2024-09-28T05:28:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T22:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107801"},"modified":"2024-09-28T05:28:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T22:28:29","slug":"dozens-trapped-on-roof-of-flooded-tennessee-hospital-amid-helene-fueled-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107801","title":{"rendered":"Dozens trapped on roof of flooded Tennessee hospital amid Helene-fueled rains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Cellphone video from the roof of the Unicoi County Hospital in Tennessee on Friday as employees and patients waited to be rescued from Helene&#8217;s flooding. (Video Courtesy: Jim Reeves, CEO MedicOne Medical Response)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>ERWIN, Tenn. \u2014<\/strong> Catastrophic flooding from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/helene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Helene<\/a> led to an urgent rescue mission in the eastern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee<\/a> town of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/tennessee\/erwin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erwin<\/a>, where helicopters raced to pluck dozens of staff and patients stranded on the roof of a flooded hospital.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Waters from the swollen Nolichucky River began quickly rising at the Unicoi County Hospital early Friday morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BalladHealth\/posts\/pfbid0DEyJqMisYu4s7V9MjqiA8BKc1H8nukJnnEzfDe4cU9m2QrCPzkFnXjpzPksVXZRol?rdid=W2ZnQY2OVi8JcLVG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to a statement from Ballad Health.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Hospital officials called for ambulances to come evacuate 11 patients, but flooding quickly worsened to the point where ambulances could no longer safely reach the hospital.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/288\/162\/gygn95aweaageug.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/576\/324\/gygn95aweaageug.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/720\/405\/gygn95aweaageug.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1440\/810\/gygn95aweaageug.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/668\/376\/gygn95aweaageug.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1336\/752\/gygn95aweaageug.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/668\/376\/gygn95aweaageug.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Flooded Tennessee Hospital\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">The town of Erwin, Tennessee under flood waters in the wake of days of torrential rains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Rep. Diana Harshbarger \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Emergency officials then sent rescue boats to evacuate the hospital as water began pouring inside the facility, but the water around the hospital &#8220;became extremely dangerous and impassable and prevented the boats from safely being able to evacuate the hospital,&#8221; Ballad Health officials said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">High winds from Helene also made it too dangerous to attempt helicopter rescues, officials said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">By midday, 54 people had made it to the roof of the building while seven have managed to remain in rescue boats.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;The hospital has been engulfed by extremely dangerous and rapidly moving water,&#8221; officials said. &#8220;The situation at the hospital is very dangerous and (Tennessee Emergency managers) and National Guard resources are engaged in what can only be described as a dangerous rescue operation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Helicopters were finally able to begin air evacuations just after 2 p.m., <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepHarshbarger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to a post by Tennessee Rep. Diana Harshbarger.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Ballad Health officials said all staff and patients had been safely evacuated by 4:40 p.m., with patients transferred to Johnson City Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Unicoi Hospital will remain closed until damage can be assessed after floodwaters recede.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/288\/162\/helene-rain-ganc.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/576\/324\/helene-rain-ganc.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/720\/405\/helene-rain-ganc.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1440\/810\/helene-rain-ganc.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/668\/376\/helene-rain-ganc.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1336\/752\/helene-rain-ganc.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/668\/376\/helene-rain-ganc.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p> <!----><\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The National Weather Service said 5-7 inches of rain fell across the east Tennessee lowlands but rainfall totals reached 15-25 inches in the nearby Appalachians.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/erwin-tennessee-flooded-unicoi-county-hospital\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cellphone video from the roof of the Unicoi County Hospital in Tennessee on Friday as employees and patients waited to be rescued from Helene&#8217;s flooding. 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