PERRY, Florida (AP) – Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern US as it raced through, and more than three million customers went into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods.
PERRY, Florida – Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern US as it raced through, and more than three million customers went into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods.
Western North Carolina was essentially cut off because of landslides and flooding that forced the closure of Interstate 40 and other roads. There were hundreds of water rescues, none more dramatic than in rural Unicoi County in East Tennessee, where dozens of patients and staff were plucked by helicopter from the roof of a hospital that was surrounded by water from a flooded river.
In North Carolina, a lake featured in the movie"Dirty Dancing" overtopped a dam and surrounding neighborhoods were evacuated, although there were no immediate concerns it would fail. People also were evacuated from Newport, Tennessee, a city of about 7,000 people, amid concerns about a dam near there, although officials later said the structure had not failed.
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