{"id":108543,"date":"2024-09-30T02:02:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T19:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108543"},"modified":"2024-09-30T02:02:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T19:02:50","slug":"hurricane-helenes-historic-flooding-made-worse-by-global-heating-fema-says-hurricane-helene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108543","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Helene\u2019s \u2018historic flooding\u2019 made worse by global heating, Fema says | Hurricane 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 class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The head of the US disaster relief agency has called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/hurricane-helene\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Hurricane Helene<\/a>, which has killed nearly 70 people so far, a \u201ctrue multi-state event\u201d that caused \u201csignificant infrastructure damage\u201d and had been made worse because of global heating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The storm killed at least 69 people, according to state and local officials in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/south-carolina\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">South Carolina<\/a>, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. Officials feared still more bodies would be discovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThis is going to be a really complicated recovery in each of the five states\u201d of Florida, Georgia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/northcarolina\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">North Carolina<\/a>, South Carolina and Tennessee, the Fema administrator, Deanne Criswell, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">She noted that a 15ft storm surge hit Florida\u2019s Taylor county, where Helene came ashore as a category 4 hurricane late Thursday with winds of 140mph (225km\/h), and pointed out that areas of western North Carolina, where search and rescue operations are continuing, recorded 29in (74cm) of rain when the storm stalled over the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThis is historic flooding up in North Carolina,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/deanne-criswell-fema-administrator-face-the-nation-transcript-09-29-2024\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Criswell told the CBS show Face the Nation<\/a> on Sunday. \u201cI don\u2019t know that anybody could be fully prepared for the amount of flooding and landslides they are having right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"eff8bfb4-4bf0-4ad1-a06c-553f8f16ae8a\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Damage caused by Hurricane Helene in Rocky Mountain, North Carolina, on Friday.<\/span> Photograph: City Of Rocky Mountain\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">As many as 1,000 people remain unaccounted for in Buncombe county in the Appalachian mountains where the hurricane caused catastrophic flooding and mudslides in the Asheville region, cutting off most communication and making the roads impassable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Kamala Harris said the Joe Biden administration had approved emergency declarations for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/tennessee\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Tennessee<\/a>, \u201cmaking resources and funding available to maximize our coordinated response efforts at the local, state, and federal levels\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">At least 11 people are dead in North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NC_Governor\/status\/1840427498456408134\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said in an update on Sunday<\/a> \u201cTragically we know there will be more,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cEven as the rain and winds have subsided, the challenge for people there increases. People are desperate for help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">At least 23 are dead in South Carolina, including two firefighters. In Georgia, at least 17 people have died, two of them killed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/weather\/live-news\/hurricane-helene-florida-georgia-09-27-24#cm1i62lxj0011lyoy0e06hb03\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">tornado<\/a> in Alamo, according to a spokesperson for Governor Brian Kemp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Kemp said on Saturday that it \u201clooks like a bomb went off\u201d after viewing splintered homes and debris-covered highways from the air.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"a03652a4-de81-485e-81d5-daa068064a57\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">An aerial picture of the aftermath of Helene in Valdosta, Georgia, on Saturday.<\/span> Photograph: John Falchetto\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Heavy rain nearly collapsed the Nolichucky Dam in Greeneville, Tennessee, which the National Weather Service called a \u201cparticularly dangerous situation\u201d, as it urged at least 100,000 residents in the area to \u201cseek higher ground now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In rural Unicoi county in east Tennessee, dozens of patients and staff were plucked by helicopter from a hospital rooftop on Friday. At least 11 people have died in Florida, according to Governor Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIf you had told me there was going to be 15ft to 18ft of storm surge, even with the best efforts, I would have assumed we would have had multiple fatalities,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">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, where St Petersburg is located, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">One person died in Virginia, in a storm-related tree fall and building collapse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In Buncombe county, North Carolina, which includes the city of Asheville, more than 60 people were unaccounted for Saturday evening and more than 150 search and rescue operations were under way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cTo say this caught us off-guard would be an understatement,\u201d said Quentin Miller, the Buncombe county sheriff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlos.com\/news\/local\/live-updates-saturday-director-of-emergency-services-we-have-had-loss-of-life\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Sheriff Miller announced<\/a> on Sunday that in addition to 10 people who had been killed in Buncombe county, about 1,000 remained unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The county manager, Avril Pinder, called the storm \u201cBuncombe county\u2019s own Hurricane Katrina\u201d, and officials said communication systems have been disrupted, with no cellphone service expected in the region for at least \u201cseveral days\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"208cf165-1cf3-4fbc-9b6c-c0049fd3bc6d\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:21,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;At least 64 dead and millions without power after Helene devastates south-eastern US&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;208cf165-1cf3-4fbc-9b6c-c0049fd3bc6d&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/sep\/28\/hurricane-helene-devastation-us-south-east&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0,&quot;design&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">To the east in McDowell county, the emergency center was inundated with 911 calls, many of which involved patients \u201centrapped with severe trauma, running out of oxygen or essential medical supplies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Nearly 400 roads are closed in the state and access to clean drinking water has been limited. Fifty boil water advisories are in effect across western communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWater is a big concern,\u201d Criswell said, saying Fema had sent in bottled supplies, dispatched the army corps of engineers to get water treatment plants functioning and sent Starlink satellite receivers to help restore communications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The devastation, Criswell said, was linked to the climate emergency. \u201cThis storm took a while to develop, but once it did it intensified very rapidly \u2013 and that\u2019s because of the warm waters in the Gulf that\u2019s creating more storms that are reaching this major category level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The conditions, she said, were creating greater amounts of storm surge in the coastal areas and increased rainfall as the storms moved north.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIn the past, damage from hurricanes was primarily wind damage, but now we\u2019re seeing so much more water damage and that is a result of the warm waters which is a result of climate change,\u201d Criswell told CBS.<\/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.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/sep\/29\/hurricane-helene-historic-flooding-global-heating-fema\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of the US disaster relief agency has called Hurricane Helene, which has killed nearly 70 people so far, a \u201ctrue multi-state event\u201d that caused \u201csignificant infrastructure damage\u201d and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108543\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}