{"id":108167,"date":"2024-09-29T02:39:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T19:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108167"},"modified":"2024-09-29T02:39:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T19:39:46","slug":"death-toll-from-hurricane-helene-mounts-as-aftermath-assessment-begins-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108167","title":{"rendered":"Death toll from Hurricane Helene mounts as aftermath assessment begins : NPR"},"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 id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-25305\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 3900;&#10;        --source-height: 2600;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3900x2600+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F69%2F6b38f12b482f9fb71631539e3ceb%2Fgettyimages-2174219458.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3900x2600+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F69%2F6b38f12b482f9fb71631539e3ceb%2Fgettyimages-2174219458.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3900x2600+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F69%2F6b38f12b482f9fb71631539e3ceb%2Fgettyimages-2174219458.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3900x2600+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F69%2F6b38f12b482f9fb71631539e3ceb%2Fgettyimages-2174219458.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3900x2600+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F69%2F6b38f12b482f9fb71631539e3ceb%2Fgettyimages-2174219458.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"David Hester inspects damages of his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., on Saturday.\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3900x2600+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F69%2F6b38f12b482f9fb71631539e3ceb%2Fgettyimages-2174219458.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                David Hester inspects damages of his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., on Saturday.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Chandan Khanna\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Chandan Khanna\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rescue teams across the southeastern U.S. and southern Appalachia scrambled to respond to the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene, as more than<a href=\"https:\/\/poweroutage.us\/\"><u> 3 million homes and businesses<\/u><\/a> were without any power Saturday amid a continued threat of floods.<\/p>\n<p>Moody&#8217;s Analytics said Friday it expects $15 billion to $26 billion in property damage from the hurricane, which by late Friday had been downgraded to a tropical storm.<\/p>\n<p>At least 52 people were killed in five states, including Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-florida-georgia-north-carolina-south-carolina-92d5caaafe40644e1db687cf6431395f\">reported<\/a>. The dead included three firefighters, a mother and her 1-month-old twins and an 89-year-old woman who was struck by a tree that hit her house.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The White House said it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/09\/27\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administrations-life-saving-and-life-sustaining-response-efforts-to-hurricane-helene\/\"><u>approved<\/u><\/a> emergency declaration requests from the governors of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, giving the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, authorization to provide emergency response assistance. Some 1,500 federal disaster response personnel had also been deployed to the region.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, beaches along the coast near Tampa remained off limits as rescue and recovery operations continued. NPR member station <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/live-updates\/helene-florida-georgia-south-carolina-path#the-storm-surge-left-this-madeira-beach-resident-sleeping-on-a-kitchen-counter\"><u>WUSF <\/u><\/a>reporter Stephanie Colombini spoke to some residents who ignored restrictions. Andrew Swan, who lives in a house near the beach, told Colombini he rode out the storm alone, with waters rising up to his chest.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5132035-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImageg-s1-25074\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/27\/g-s1-25074\/helene-north-carolina-florida-floods-asheville-death-toll\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/27\\\/g-s1-25074\\\/helene-north-carolina-florida-floods-asheville-death-toll&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5359x5359+1340+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F50%2Ff56839c04fe098a343fe5722bb4d%2Fap24271801466237.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5359x5359+1340+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F50%2Ff56839c04fe098a343fe5722bb4d%2Fap24271801466237.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5359x5359+1340+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F50%2Ff56839c04fe098a343fe5722bb4d%2Fap24271801466237.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5359x5359+1340+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F50%2Ff56839c04fe098a343fe5722bb4d%2Fap24271801466237.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5359x5359+1340+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F50%2Ff56839c04fe098a343fe5722bb4d%2Fap24271801466237.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5359x5359+1340+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F50%2Ff56839c04fe098a343fe5722bb4d%2Fap24271801466237.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5359x5359+1340+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F50%2Ff56839c04fe098a343fe5722bb4d%2Fap24271801466237.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5359x5359+1340+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F50%2Ff56839c04fe098a343fe5722bb4d%2Fap24271801466237.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Floodwaters surround a home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Friday in Crystal River, Fla.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5132035-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean everybody is just kind of in shock and just trying to pick up the pieces. I mean nobody really expected it like this,\u201d Swan said. As the waters rose, Swan said he slept on a kitchen counter with his legs draped over his stove.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-25307\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 7360;&#10;        --source-height: 4912;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7360x4912+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffe%2F82%2F4c660bfc48a6877891bf9caf21de%2Fgettyimages-2174061801.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7360x4912+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffe%2F82%2F4c660bfc48a6877891bf9caf21de%2Fgettyimages-2174061801.jpg 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class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Melissa Sue Gerrits\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In North Carolina, Helene produced unusually heavy winds \u2014 up to 140 mph \u2014 on land, the strongest observed in coastal North Carolina since the start of modern meteorological recordkeeping in the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p>Experts said they were most worried about the flow of debris that was yet to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, the biggest concerns around here are debris flows, which are very wet, very fast moving and can travel long distances,\u201d Brad Johnson, who studies landslides and erosion at Davidson College, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunc.org\/2024-09-27\/hurricane-helene-creates-landslide-conditions-in-western-north-carolina\"><u>NPR member station WUNC<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5132035-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink 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data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3916x3916+442+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7b%2F60%2Fb1e0d45d4da38c266e47c558c48a%2Fgettyimages-2174658250.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Waves from the Gulf of Mexico push up against the shore as Hurricane Helene churns offshore on September 26, 2024 in St. Pete Beach, Florida. \" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5132035-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Johnson added that the debris flows can travel over a mile, carrying rocks, trees and other hazards.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rains from Helene set a record in Atlanta, which received its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/live-updates\/helene-florida-georgia-south-carolina-path#atlanta-beat-its-nearly-150-year-old-rainfall-record\">highest 48-hour rainfall on record over the past two days.<\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gaclimateoffice\/status\/1839702083714297987\">Georgia Climate Office tweeted<\/a> on Friday that the area has already seen 11.12 inches of rain, beating a previous record of 9.59 set in 1886. 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