The Southeast is grappling with widespread devastation after Helene made landfall three days ago, as the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida's Big Bend region and tore through multiple states, killing at least 64 people, knocking out power to millions, , and trapping families in floodwaters, the CNN website reports today (Sept. 29, 2024).
In hard--hit North Carolina, days of unrelenting flooding have turned roads into waterways, left many without basic necessities , and strained state resources.
More than 60 have died across 5 states. Deaths have been reported in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia.
At least 11 people are dead in North Carolina , Gov. Roy Cooper said today. At least 24 are dead in South Carolina, authorities said. In Georgia, at least 17 people have died, two of them killed by a tornado in Alamo, according to a spokesperson for Gov. Brian Kemp. In Florida, at least 11 people have died, Gov. Ron DeSantis said, including several people drowned in Pinellas County. One person died in Craig County, Virginia, in a storm--related tree fall and building collapse , Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.
About 300 roads are closed in North Carolina and another 150 are closed in South Carolina, acting Federal Administrator Kristin White of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation said.
Since Helene started swamping the region, it has turned neighborhoods into lakes, lifted cars like toys, snapped trees like twigs, and left businesses underwater.
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