{"id":109623,"date":"2024-10-02T19:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109623"},"modified":"2024-10-02T19:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:15:55","slug":"power-and-water-outages-from-hurricane-helene-test-patience-in-carolinas-and-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109623","title":{"rendered":"Power and water outages from Hurricane Helene test patience in Carolinas and Georgia"},"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>SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) \u2014 Many residents of the Carolinas still lacked running water, cellphone service and electricity Wednesday as rescuers searched for people unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage across the Southeast and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-florida-carolinas-georgia-tennessee-8f4b65a0ca5278dbac9faaf49f1ecce6\">killed at least 166 people<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-harris-hurricane-helene-survey-damage-48baf62af5560a9617ae2032f8776d1e\">will survey the devastation<\/a><\/span> in the two states as floodwaters receded and revealed more of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-tennessee-f7c4a460de588df7a4d5bc9efa756ecb\">the death and destruction<\/a><\/span> left in Helene\u2019s path.<\/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-bb0000\"\/><\/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\/5a680b7\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/800x533!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Ffb%2Fc6%2Ff735ff67d56b45d89dc8e2639e3e%2F71702a9afa574759b6b99dff53aefdb8 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src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/0d98286\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/7008x4672+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F9c%2F9a%2F2f241b995081a32ec67ee14b70b5%2Fa30da31037b8464db1190f7eef8d38ef\" 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>Cindy White looks over the devastation inside her home caused by Hurricane Helene, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 in Morganton, N.C. The adjacent Catawba River flooded due to the torrential rains destroying the seven of family\u2019s nine homes on the property. (AP Photo\/Kathy Kmonicek)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More than 1.2 million customers still had no power Wednesday in the Carolinas and Georgia, where <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/world-news\/weather-general-news-domestic-news-1a071b5de822e51f741a193374a49c26\">Helene<\/a><\/span> tore far inland after initial landfall on Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast. Some residents cooked food on charcoal grills or hiked to high ground in the hopes of finding a signal to let loved ones know they are alive. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to jump-start this recovery process,\u201d Biden said Tuesday, estimating it will cost billions. \u201cPeople are scared to death. This is urgent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Biden is in the Carolinas, Vice President Kamala Harris will be in neighboring Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolina looking for more victims. At least 57 people were killed in Buncombe County alone, home to city of Asheville, <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\">a tourism haven<\/a><\/span> known for its art galleries, breweries and outdoor activities.<\/p>\n<p>In small Swannanoa, outside Asheville, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/world-news\/weather-general-news-domestic-news-1a071b5de822e51f741a193374a49c26\">receding floodwaters revealed<\/a><\/span> cars stacked on top of others and mobile homes that had floated away. Sinkholes pockmarked roads caked with mud and debris.<\/p>\n<p>Cliff Stewart survived 2 feet of water that poured into his home, topping the wheels on his wheelchair and sending his medicine bottles floating. Left without electricity and reliant on food drop-offs from friends, he has refused offers to help him leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere am I going to go?\u201d the Marine Corps veteran said. \u201cThis is all I\u2019ve got. I just don\u2019t want to give it up, because what am I going to do? Be homeless? I\u2019d rather die right here than live homeless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Across the border in <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\">east Tennessee<\/a><\/span>, a caravan including Gov. Bill Lee surveying damage outside the town of Erwin drove by a crew pulling two bodies from the wreckage, a grim reminder that the rescue and recovery operations are still very much ongoing and the death toll is likely to rise. <\/p>\n<p>In Augusta, Georgia, Sherry Brown converted power from her car\u2019s alternator to keep her refrigerator running. She has been taking \u201cbird baths\u201d with water collected in coolers. In another part of the city, people waited in line more than three hours to get water from one of five centers set up to serve more than 200,000 people. <\/p>\n<h2>What is being done to help?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-fullwidth=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"ImageTwoUpEnhancement\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\">\n<picture data-crop=\"twoup-3x2\"><source media=\"(max-width: 599px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/2a48703\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5689x3790+0+1\/resize\/599x399!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F1a%2F11a34cb837e689c9043106fe5105%2Fe5026ee947734aa4811048f0c5e3c5e2 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/a29a28c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5689x3790+0+1\/resize\/1198x798!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F1a%2F11a34cb837e689c9043106fe5105%2Fe5026ee947734aa4811048f0c5e3c5e2 2x\"><source media=\"(max-width: 599px)\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/f49bf1d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5689x3790+0+1\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F1a%2F11a34cb837e689c9043106fe5105%2Fe5026ee947734aa4811048f0c5e3c5e2 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/e2c7870\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5689x3790+0+1\/resize\/1198x798!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F1a%2F11a34cb837e689c9043106fe5105%2Fe5026ee947734aa4811048f0c5e3c5e2 2x\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/0f713d2\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5689x3790+0+1\/resize\/767x511!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F1a%2F11a34cb837e689c9043106fe5105%2Fe5026ee947734aa4811048f0c5e3c5e2 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/ae3b779\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5689x3790+0+1\/resize\/1534x1022!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F1a%2F11a34cb837e689c9043106fe5105%2Fe5026ee947734aa4811048f0c5e3c5e2 2x\"><source width=\"767\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/4ff77c6\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5689x3790+0+1\/resize\/767x511!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F1a%2F11a34cb837e689c9043106fe5105%2Fe5026ee947734aa4811048f0c5e3c5e2 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/9b5beff\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5689x3790+0+1\/resize\/1534x1022!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F1a%2F11a34cb837e689c9043106fe5105%2Fe5026ee947734aa4811048f0c5e3c5e2 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/4ff77c6\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5689x3790+0+1\/resize\/767x511!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F1a%2F11a34cb837e689c9043106fe5105%2Fe5026ee947734aa4811048f0c5e3c5e2 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/9b5beff\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5689x3790+0+1\/resize\/1534x1022!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F1a%2F11a34cb837e689c9043106fe5105%2Fe5026ee947734aa4811048f0c5e3c5e2 2x\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/4ff77c6\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5689x3790+0+1\/resize\/767x511!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F1a%2F11a34cb837e689c9043106fe5105%2Fe5026ee947734aa4811048f0c5e3c5e2\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\">\n<p><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\">Eva Markowitz stands covered in mud left by Hurricane Helene as she works to clean up Zadie&#8217;s Market and Deli Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Marshall, N.C. 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(AP Photo\/Brittany Peterson)<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More than 150,000 households have registered for assistance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and that number is expected to rise rapidly in the coming days, said Frank Matranga, an agency representative.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 2 million ready-to-eat meals and more than a million liters of water have been sent to the hardest-hit areas, he said. <\/p>\n<p>The storm unleashed the worst flooding in a century in North Carolina, dumping <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rainfall-helene-carolina-tennessee-georgia-climate-change-flood-fcba634e14a0ffa1a8e1fa85d7e2b390\">more than 2 feet (61 centimeters) of rain<\/a><\/span> in places. <\/p>\n<p>The administration of Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday that more than two dozen water plants remained closed. Active-duty U.S. military units may be needed to assist the long-term recovery, he said, adding that Biden had given \u201cthe green light\u201d to mobilizing military assets soon.<\/p>\n<p>A section of one of the region\u2019s main arteries, Interstate 40, reopened Tuesday after a mudslide was cleared, but a collapsed stretch near North Carolina\u2019s border with Tennessee remained closed.<\/p>\n<h2>How some of the hardest-hit areas are coping<\/h2>\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-3a0000\"\/><\/p>\n<picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" 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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>Damaged to one of the White family\u2019s homes that was destroyed by Hurricane Helene is seen, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 in Morganton, N.C. The adjacent Catawba River flooded due to torrential rains destroying seven of the family\u2019s nine homes on the property. (AP Photo\/Kathy Kmonicek)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Residents and business owners wore masks and gloves while clearing debris Tuesday in Hot Springs, North Carolina, where almost every building along the main street was heavily damaged.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Calloway, who owns the deli and gourmet grocery Vaste Riviere Provisions, said the storm arrived frighteningly quickly. She helped fill sandbags the day the night before, but they turned out to be useless. The water rose so rapidly that even though she and others were in an apartment on an upper floor, she feared they would not be safe. They called to request a rescue from a swift water team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really challenging to watch how quickly it rose up and then just to watch whole buildings floating down the river. It was something I can\u2019t even describe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In the Black Mountain Mobile Home Park in Swannanoa, Carina Ramos and Ezekiel Bianchi were overwhelmed by the damage. The couple, their children and dog fled in the predawn darkness on Friday as the Swannanoa River\u2019s rapidly rising waters began flooding the bottom end of the park.<\/p>\n<p>By then, trees blocked the roads and the couple abandoned their three vehicles, all of which flooded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe left everything because we were panicking,\u201d Ramos said.<\/p>\n<h2>Mobile service knocked out<\/h2>\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-9d0000\"\/><\/p>\n<picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" 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The adjacent Catawba River flooded due to torrential rains destroying seven of the family\u2019s nine homes on the property. (AP Photo\/Kathy Kmonicek)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The widespread damage and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-power-outages-32958ff95f6e51e8c69e56e587de46d2\">outages<\/a><\/span> affecting communications infrastructure left many people without stable access to the internet and cell service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are walking the streets of Canton with their phones up in the air trying to catch a cellphone signal like it\u2019s a butterfly,\u201d said Mayor Zeb Smathers, of Canton, North Carolina. \u201cEvery single aspect of this response has been extremely crippled by lack of cellphone communication. The one time we absolutely needed our cellphones to work they failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teams from Verizon worked to repair toppled cell towers and damaged cables and to provide alternative forms of connectivity, the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T said it launched \u201cone of the largest mobilizations of our disaster recovery assets for emergency connectivity support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The efforts to restore service was made more challenging by the region\u2019s terrain and spread-out population, said David Zumwalt, president and CEO of the Association for Broadband Without Boundaries.<\/p>\n<h2>Destruction from Florida to Virginia<\/h2>\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-b50000\"\/><\/p>\n<picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" 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