{"id":108595,"date":"2024-09-30T05:13:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T22:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108595"},"modified":"2024-09-30T05:13:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T22:13:59","slug":"hurricane-helene-storms-death-toll-reaches-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108595","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Helene: Storm\u2019s death toll reaches 90"},"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 data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1mxzc5i000lttp25iiw4vlu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>The Southeast\u00a0is grappling with <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/28\/weather\/hurricane-helene-florida-georgia-carolinas\/index.html\"><em>widespread devastation\u00a0after Helene<\/em><\/a><em> made landfall Thursday as the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida\u2019s Big Bend region and tore through multiple states,\u00a0killing at least 90 people, knocking out power to millions and trapping families in floodwaters. In hard-hit North Carolina, days of unrelenting flooding have turned roads into waterways, left many without basic necessities and strained<\/em><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><em>state resources. Here\u2019s the latest:<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1mye55f000f3b6md1i77i22@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>\u2022 At least 90 dead across 5 states:<\/strong> Deaths have been reported in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.\u00a0At least 36 people are dead in North Carolina, according to county and state officials.\u00a0At least<strong> <\/strong>24 are dead in South Carolina, including two firefighters in Saluda County, authorities said. 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\">\u00a0tornado<\/a>\u00a0in Alamo, according to a spokesperson for Gov. Brian Kemp. In Florida, at least 11 people have died, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday, including several people who drowned in Pinellas County. Two people have died in Virginia, officials said Sunday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1nmzp4f000q3b6mtcggh3cl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>\u2022 Scores of missing persons reports filed amid communication outages:<\/strong> Officials in Buncombe County, North Carolina \u2013 where at least 30 people have died \u2013 have received more than 1,000 missing persons reports through an online form, County Manager Avril Pinder said Sunday, cautioning the figure likely includes duplicate submissions and communications outages mean people are struggling to reach one another. The governor echoed that, telling reporters in a news conference, \u201cWe know that a lot of these people are simply out of communication and are OK.\u201d The state\u2019s telecommunications partners activated disaster roaming on all networks, meaning \u201cany phone on any carrier can access any network to place calls,\u201d state Emergency Management Director William Ray said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1myfmvp000p3b6mczfgn9qh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>\u2022 Hundreds of roads closed in the Carolinas, hampering water delivery:<\/strong> About 300 roads are closed in North Carolina and another 150 are closed in South Carolina, acting Federal Highway Administrator Kristin White of the US Department of Transportation said Sunday. North Carolina officials on Sunday acknowledged those closures have hampered delivery of water supplies to communities in need, like the city of Weaverville in Buncombe County, which is without both power and water, Mayor Patrick Fitzsimmons said. Seven water plants across the state \u2013 in Avery, Burke, Haywood, Jackson, Rutherford, Watauga and Yancey counties \u2013 were closed as of Saturday, impacting nearly 70,000 households, Gov. Cooper\u2019s office said. Seventeen water plants reported having no power. There are 50 boil water advisories in effect across western communities.\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-inline gallery--hidden\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/gallery-inline\/instances\/cm1n484sk00043b6meovgdwia@published\" data-headline=\"In pictures: Hurricane Helene unleashes its fury\" data-analytics-enabled=\"true\" data-analytics-aggregate-events=\"true\" data-component-variation=\"gallery-inline\" data-edit-mode=\"\" data-items-layout=\"list\">\n<div class=\"gallery-inline__main\">\n<h5 class=\"gallery-inline__headline\">In pictures: Hurricane Helene unleashes its fury<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n23a4k00003b6ji1t2hwx0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>\u2022 Millions without power in Southeast: <\/strong>The remnants of Helene continued to knock out power for several states across the eastern US on Saturday, with about 2.4 million<strong> <\/strong>customers left in the dark in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Virginia, according to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/poweroutage.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PowerOutage.us<\/a>. On Sunday, a US Department of Energy spokesperson said there was no estimated timeframe for the restoration of power, noting widespread flooding and debris has impeded access to damaged infrastructure.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1myfo64000s3b6mg9vyreta@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>\u2022 \u2018It looks like a bomb went off\u2019 in Georgia<\/strong>:\u00a0Helene \u201cspared no one,\u201d<strong> <\/strong>Gov. Brian Kemp said Saturday. Among the 17 people who died in Georgia were a mother and her 1-month-old twin boys, a 7-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl, and a 58-year-old man, according to Kemp. \u201cIt looks like a tornado went off, it looks like a bomb went off,\u201d Kemp said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1myfpep000v3b6mc1o72h8o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>\u2022 South Carolina \u2018devastated\u2019 by Helene: <\/strong>The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, said Saturday it is \u201cdevastated by the horrific flooding and widespread wind damage that was caused by Hurricane Helene.\u201d The agency called it \u201cthe worst event in our office\u2019s history,\u201d in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NWSGSP\/posts\/pfbid02yeh4FHtPZCMjANWWgjfyTEGubKBn2nGEn8Mz6z9jHMExsKrgi56kkvLRdzZb229Nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0post Saturday evening.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n8kxnd00003b6jli5gcg4f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>\u2022 \u2018Complete obliteration\u2019 along Florida coast:<\/strong> Days after Helene slammed Florida on Thursday night as a Category 4 hurricane, countless residents are displaced, boil water notices are in place in multiple counties and power is out for over 186,000 customers. \u201cYou see some just complete obliteration for homes,\u201d DeSantis said Saturday, noting Helene impacted some of the same communities affected by hurricanes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/30\/weather\/idalia-hurricane-history-florida-climate\/index.html\">Idalia<\/a> last year and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/08\/weather\/tropical-storm-debby-landfall-forecast-thursday\/index.html\">Debby<\/a> last month.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1myfrn700113b6mosb8u8vb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>\u2022 Additional rain expected: <\/strong>Helene dumped \u201cstaggering\u201d amounts of rain, including 12 to 14 inches in South Carolina, 12 to 16 inches in Florida and 12 to 14 inches in Georgia, said Ken Graham, the director of the National Weather Service. The storm became a post-tropical cyclone on Friday, but rainfall is expected to continue this weekend across parts of the southern Appalachian region: Additional totals of half an inch are expected for areas of western North Carolina, including Asheville, and eastern Tennessee, including Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. Up to 2 inches is possible for portions of Virginia and West Virginia through Monday. \u201cAdditional rainfall is not expected to exacerbate ongoing flooding but may lead to excessive runoff due to saturated soils,\u201d the weather service said Sunday morning.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm1n1vq4200013b6mcsas89rj@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2174585808.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2174585808.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2174585808.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2174585808.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2174585808.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2174585808.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2174585808.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"A person looks at storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1myfuw1001a3b6mnapnogu6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Since Helene started swamping the region, it\u2019s turned neighborhoods into lakes,<strong> <\/strong>lifted<strong> <\/strong>cars like toys, snapped trees like twigs and left businesses underwater. Piles of thick mud and floating debris blocked streets as torrential rains collapsed roadways and washed out bridges. It\u2019s left hundreds of people in North Carolina<strong> <\/strong>stranded in homes, hospitals or transportation systems, awaiting rescue.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1mykkpo001m3b6mv8v0uexq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe\u00a0priority is getting people out,\u201d North Carolina Gov. Cooper\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LorettaBoniti\/status\/1840150275967070348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told <\/a>CNN affiliate Spectrum\u00a0News. \u201cAnd getting supplies\u00a0in.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n0erjj001u3b6mlbftj333@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But officials face a major hurdle: \u201cEverything is flooded. It is very difficult for\u00a0them\u00a0to\u00a0see exactly what\u00a0the\u00a0problems are,\u201d Cooper said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1nmv0mf000e3b6mrq1v9s5d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Friday, Stevie Hollander watched as floodwaters inundated his Asheville apartment complex, where he lives on the second floor with his sister and her fianc\u00e9.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1nmyadi000l3b6m32o2f6on@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe water almost reached us but thankfully went down,\u201d he told CNN. Most residents on the first floor left before their units were submerged, while other relocated to stay with residents on higher floors.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n1y78600293b6m33sypfer@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe\u00a0all\u00a0really\u00a0need\u00a0help\u00a0here.\u00a0We\u00a0need\u00a0water, power of sorts, food, gas. Anything.\u201d he said, \u201cWe\u00a0just don\u2019t\u00a0really\u00a0know what to do.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n1y786002a3b6mg2do843o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hollander and his family attempted to drive north Saturday, but road closures forced them to return to the apartment. The family only has four water bottles left and little nonperishable food, Hollander said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n0fsr8001x3b6mtenhitcm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/28\/us\/north-carolina-trapped-helene-flooding\/index.html\">Black Mountain, North Carolina,<\/a> Sofia Grace Kunst contended with another problem: a\u00a0landslide she said tore through the window and wall of a dining hall where she was playing Uno with six friends while on a weeklong trip.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n23a8m00003b6mnvxd4jxx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It was exactly 9:10 a.m. Friday when mud and debris shattered a window and poured\u00a0into the room, she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1nmpvfi00073b6m9ai7lux3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cLandslide!\u00a0Everybody\u00a0run,\u201d someone yelled.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n2a7tm00043b6m4n1wsn7p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI see this giant wave of like mud and trees and rocks just coming towards us,\u201d Kunst told CNN, estimating it was 5 or 6 feet high.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n2hv53000g3b6m8ev4sqph@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            She ran into the main room of the dining hall,\u00a0only to see the wall completely cave in. The group fled to the porch, where many of her peers were crying. Kunst sat in shock, barefoot.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n2wjhd000x3b6mmy8nshs9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It was only then she realized she still had her Uno cards in hand.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1nlgcyg00003b6mus2f3mry@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The group eventually trekked through muddy water, seeking refuge in a parking lot on higher ground. They were stranded there for some time, but eventually reached a shelter.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1nmttjd000b3b6my7wp9qje@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThat\u2019s when it hit most people. There were a lot of tears,\u201d Kunst said. \u201cFor me, it really didn\u2019t hit me emotionally, but my body started reacting. I started shaking like crazy. I felt like I had to, like, scream or let off energy,\u201d Kunst said.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm1n465nh00013b6m9ddllco5@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2174597975.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2174597975.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2174597975.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2174597975.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2174597975.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2174597975.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2174597975.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"A van sits in floodwaters near the Biltmore Village in Asheville, North Carolina, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 28, 2024.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n2uker000v3b6mjhmpihcv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As day broke Saturday, Patrick McNamara, who runs a small milk distribution business in Asheville, got his first glimpse at the destruction left by Helene.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n33xu200103b6mddctnbsg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe floodwaters were 4 feet above the dock,\u201d McNamara said. \u201cSo the entire building has been\u00a0wiped\u00a0out.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n34zkj00133b6m5snj04lh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            His business machinery was strewn across the warehouse, milk spoiled and inches of mud pilled all over the floor. McNamara estimates he\u2019ll have to get rid of thousands of gallons of milk.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n37en000163b6m4xbywtva@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            McNamara, concerned about access to resources, said he may have to consider relocating the business to another facility.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1n39aeu001c3b6ma6jc3q20@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As he begins a lengthy cleanup process, McNamara said he is confident the community will be able to patch itself together and have a successful tourist season despite the devastation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1nwmz2f0000356mnrmk3fu2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>CNN\u2019s Lauren Mascarenhas, Eric Levenson, Isabel Rosales, Taylor Galgano, Sara Smart, Conor Powell, Caroll Alvarado, Caroline Jaime, Emma Tucker, Artemis Moshtaghian, Paradise Afshar and Raja Razek contributed to this report.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/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.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/29\/weather\/hurricane-helene-florida-georgia-carolinas-sunday\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 The Southeast\u00a0is grappling with widespread devastation\u00a0after Helene made landfall Thursday as the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida\u2019s Big Bend region and tore through multiple states,\u00a0killing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108595\" 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-108595","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\/108595","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=108595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}