{"id":108510,"date":"2024-09-30T00:01:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T17:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108510"},"modified":"2024-09-30T00:01:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T17:01:03","slug":"tropical-storm-supplies-rushed-to-north-carolina-florida-digs-out-from-helene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108510","title":{"rendered":"Tropical storm: Supplies rushed to North Carolina; Florida digs out from Helene"},"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<p>PERRY, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Gov. Roy Cooper says death toll of 11 in North Carolina is expected to rise from Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an unprecedented tragedy that requires an unprecedented response,\u201d Cooper said at a press conference Sunday. He added that \u201cwe know there will be more\u201d deaths as rescuers reach isolated areas. <\/p>\n<p>Cooper asked residents to avoid traveling on roadways in western North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany people are cut off because the roads are impassable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP\u2019s earlier story follows below.<\/p>\n<p>PERRY, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Authorities rushed to airlift supplies and restore communications and roads in flooded Asheville, North Carolina, on Sunday as residents along the storm-battered Florida coast gathered for church services amid the wreckage of Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n<p>Massive rains from the powerful <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-florida-georgia-storm-surge-48bc645cdc70bf40c0b62457e87dd1de\">Helene<\/a><\/span> left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue around the U.S. Southeast. Cleanup continued Sunday from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the southeastern states and knocked out power to several million people. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"ImageEnhancement\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-ff0000\"\/><\/p>\n<picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/08d756c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4500x3000+0+0\/resize\/800x533!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F1b%2Ff5%2F550f1213d6117be7d91b4ec24d43%2Fbc7fab64f97f4904aaa85b58909b933f 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retrieving family photos from their flood-damaged home in the aftermatch of Hurricane Helene as his mother Janet Sams looks on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Newport, Tenn. (AP Photo\/George Walker IV)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the sun rose over Florida\u2019s Big Bend on the Sunday after Hurricane Helene battered the region, many houses of worship were still dealing with power outages, damaged roofs and hurricane debris \u2014 and the knowledge that many of their congregants are shouldering another hit from a devastating storm.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000 miles (1,610 kilometers) 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. \u201cThey are watching 18 wheelers and cars floating by,\u201d Turner wrote in an urgent Facebook post on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>But in a follow-up message, which became widely circulated on social media on Saturday, Turner said help had not arrived in time to save her parents, both in their 70s, and her six-year-old nephew. The roof had collapsed and the three drowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot convey in words the sorrow, heartbreak and devastation my sisters and I are going through nor imagine the pain before us,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Helene <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-florida-georgia-mexico-42fb7cc90604b7f87179920f97627873\">blew ashore<\/a><\/span> in Florida\u2019s Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday with winds of 140 mph (225 kph).<\/p>\n<p>From there, it quickly moved through Georgia, where Gov. Brian Kemp said Saturday that it \u201clooks like a bomb went off\u201d after viewing splintered homes and debris-covered highways from the air. 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(AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-asheville-flooding-north-carolina-tennessee-078a298cdcaaf46749f3f6683a4e1057\">Western North Carolina<\/a><\/span> was isolated because of landslides and flooding that forced the closure of Interstate 40 and other roads. There have been hundreds of water rescues, none more dramatic than in rural Unicoi County in East Tennessee, where <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-florida-georgia-north-carolina-2277be0d4b8648113508f39bfff56193\">dozens of patients and staff<\/a><\/span> were plucked by helicopter from a hospital rooftop Friday. And the rescues continued into the following day in Buncombe County, North Carolina, where part of Asheville was under water.<\/p>\n<p>The storm was expected to hover over the Tennessee Valley on Saturday and Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said.<\/p>\n<p>It unleashed the worst flooding in a century in North Carolina. One community, Spruce Pine, was doused with over 2 feet (0.6 meters) of rain from Tuesday through Saturday. The death toll in Buncombe County is at 10, and Sheriff Quintin Miller indicated at a Sunday morning media briefing it will likely go higher. He said authorities are struggling to notify families of the dead because the lack of telephone, cellphone and internet.<\/p>\n<p>It was not clear whether the death toll described by Miller overlaps with the 10 deaths confirmed by the state.<\/p>\n<p>The state is sending water supplies and other items toward Buncombe County and Asheville, but mudslides on Interstate 40 and other blocked highways are preventing the supplies from making it. The county\u2019s own supplies of water were on the other side of the Swannanoa River, away from where most of the 270,000 people in Buncombe County live, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement was making plans to send officers to places that still had water, food or gas because of reports of arguments and threats of violence, the sheriff said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you will bear with us and be patient one more day \u2014 I hate to say that but I know how desperate water is in our community \u2014 but we are pushing as hard as we can to get them up the mountain,\u201d Buncombe County Manager Avril Pinder said.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Standing water and tree debris still covers the grounds of Faith Baptist Church. The church called on parishioners to come \u201cpray for our community\u201d in a message posted to the congregation\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have power. We don\u2019t have electricity,\u201d parishioner Marie Ruttinger said. \u201cOur God has power. 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(AP Photo\/George Walker IV)<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Augusta, in eastern Georgia near the border with South Carolina, officials notified residents Sunday morning that water service would be shut off for 24 to 48 hours in the city and surrounding Richmond County. A news release said trash and debris from the storm \u201cblocked our ability to pump water.\u201d Officials were distributing bottled water at the municipal building and said each household would receive one case.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden said Saturday that Helene\u2019s devastation has been \u201coverwhelming\u201d and pledged to send help. He also approved a disaster declaration for North Carolina, making federal funding available for affected individuals. Dozens of utilities crews from New England states were also headed south to help with recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Federal funding will be critically important for rebuilding local communities, Sen. 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src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/1789b8b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4500x3000+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fdd%2F3b%2F396233d556e65f8ad26fc49d7b9a%2F715e142c8e684cc39f18b0d4ebae135d\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\">\n<div class=\"Figure-content-text\"><bsp-read-more class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">\n<p>A flood damaged building left by tropical depression Helene is seen in Newport, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo\/George Walker IV)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere are some coastal areas, some of which are now facing their third storm in the last 12 months,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n<p>With at least 25 killed in South Carolina, Helene is the deadliest tropical cyclone for the state since Hurricane Hugo killed 35 people when it came ashore just north of Charleston in 1989. Deaths also have been reported in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Moody\u2019s Analytics said it expects $15 billion to $26 billion in property damage. AccuWeather\u2019s preliminary estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Helene in the U.S. is between $95 billion and $110 billion. <\/p>\n<p>Evacuations began before the storm hit and continued as lakes <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-north-carolina-flooding-dam-29c07657e7664c9f06778343a87f7d2b\">overtopped dams<\/a><\/span>, including one in North Carolina that forms a lake featured in the movie \u201cDirty Dancing.\u201d Helicopters were used to rescue some people from flooded homes.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 11 confirmed deaths in Florida were nine people who drowned in their homes in a mandatory evacuation area on the Gulf Coast in Pinellas County, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said. <\/p>\n<p>None of the victims were from Taylor County, which is where the storm made landfall. It <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/hurricane-helene-tracker-maps-updates\">came ashore<\/a><\/span> near the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) northwest of where <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tropical-storm-idalia\/\">Hurricane Idalia hit<\/a><\/span> last year at nearly the same ferocity. <\/p>\n<p>Climate change has exacerbated conditions that allow such storms to thrive, rapidly intensifying in warming waters and turning into powerful cyclones sometimes in a matter of hours. <\/p>\n<p>Helene was the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted an above-average season this year <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricanes-busy-season-warm-water-la-nina-0fe7c4cb0367e8b56ac63ff663839df0\">because of record-warm ocean temperatures<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press reporters Patrick Whittle in Portland, Maine, and Haya Panjwani in Washington contributed. 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