I don't know you, but I'm so glad you're safe and you're in good spirits. You have power and internet, which is great! I mean, if you're currently in NC (either way really. Do we ever take those things for granted- like they're as natural to our surroundings as air and sunlight). My mom is in Transylvania County and I lost contact with her Thursday night. I didn't have contact with her until just before midnight Sunday. It was spotty and very brief and the greatest relief of my life. I hope that if you received damage, it was minimal and that there's nobody in your community or your heart who remains unaccounted for.
North Carolina here, as well. I’m in Wilamington. We only experienced a little rain and wind gusts to 60 mph. I’m so glad that you are safe. Yes, the people will come together and rebuild.
I live in western NC and it's absolutely devasting. This is a very beloved part of NC and to see it in ruins is just heartbreaking! We are strong and resilient and will get through this!
My husband and I always loved that part of NC it reminds us so much of our Adirondack home. From the towns, forest, mountains and even the people . We are praying for you all. His crew in Asheville for the clean up and he says it's unbelievable how bad there area a got hit.
They have been using mules and horses in some areas to reach people. I was in Ashville a year ago what a shame. I have a 98 year old friend that lives near by up a mountain. She is cut off. We finally got a hold of her. She had been busy making food for her neighbors.
I love it. 98 and in the worst storm of your life / a century and... you make meals for your neighbors. More of that and fewer political wedge issues, please.
I'm from east Tennessee. Things are a mess but I can tell you the way the people come together is always amazing in America. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this.
I'm in Greene County where the bridge was swept away. One of the scariest things to me was when we got an emergency notification after midnight that the Nolichucky Dam had failed and everyone had to evacuate. But by a true miracle, the dam did not collapse. At its peak, it endured 1.2 million gallons of water per second (for comparison, the peak amount of water Niagara Falls sees at a time is 700,000 gallons per second). The dam was built over 100 years ago, and I am so thankful for the people who built it for saving countless lives ❤ Also, our water intake plant was destroyed, so our entire area has been without running water since Sunday.
NC here. It’s been amazing to see how all parts of our state have pitched in. Whether it’s money, food/water, blood, shelter… I’m so proud of my state. I’m on the coast where we usually get hit by the storms and we are all pulling together to help our mountain neighbors.
I watched an interview with a woman in Ashville NC and she said you can smell death in the air. They haven't found all the dead bodies yet. The death toll will continue to rise. Some areas they can't even get to yet. This is really sad.
Yes my sister and family are there and she says the farmers ( rancher's) not heard from and wildlife and farm animals missing and they can't see them but the smell of death is terrible. 😢 Imagine the wildlife forest is quiet.
It's the mountain there should be no water following that is not the river surely not down beside the road. Rain lots and lots of rain speed up before hitting the valley and cleans the earth of everything in it's way. It's not anything the people on the mountain exspect. Other areas of NC, VA, GA, Florida. Not the Appalachian mountain.
I lived in this area for 25 years. I still have family and friends there. It is one of the most economically underserved regions in the US. I don't think many people realize how few roads there are in this region. There are only 2 roads through the mountains that connect NC and TN with sections now missing. Many tiny communities are completely cut off. Most of the roads require prayer and fingernails to traverse at the best of times. Rock slides are occurring constantly. No power or water anywhere and no time table for when this can be restored. They are still in rescue mode and continue to find bodies. Cemeteries have washed away and coffins are showing up on river banks. My brother-in-law has a business on Sugar Mountain and can't get to it to see if it is still there. The road is gone. Most of the county highway maintenance property along with their huge trucks and equipment is gone. It will take helicopters to rescue the isolated communities. Windshear is a real problem for lighter weight aircraft in the mountains. I live near an airport and I have never heard so many helicopters as I have today. I assume they are deploying national guard. New Orleans still hasn't recovered from Katrina 20 years ago. This, too, will take decades to rebuild.
I know someone in Asheville and when it was getting bad they posted that the water was surrounding the house, and rising. We didn't hear from them for three days after that and were so worried. Thankfully they're okay, as well as the house. They don't have power or water still, but are grateful to have internet to at least keep in contact.
Mountain slid, lots with outpower and lots stuck down the mountain. Only had one lane open last I checked. Lots of people staying with our neighbors. (I live around here... trying to not give away my exact location...hard)
Some places in the high terrain of NC got up to 36 inches on top of already flooded ground. There were floods coming down mountains at like 120mph. Don't really know how many people are missing because they can't get up there.
Hey, everyone. I just wanted to give you an update on the absolute devastation left by Hurricane Helene. Augusta, Georgia, is in really bad shape. Flooding is everywhere, trees have been ripped out of the ground, and power is still out in so many areas. I’ve been taking in family from Augusta who had to evacuate or have no power, and it’s been overwhelming trying to keep everything going. The roads are wrecked, homes are destroyed, and it’s just a complete disaster zone. The storm didn't just stop there. North and South Carolina have been hit hard , with the second highest death tolls from this hurricane. Flash floods, tornadoes, you name it-everything that could go wrong did. In North Carolina the highest death tolls whole towns have been washed out, and inland areas that usually don’t see this kind of damage were blindsided by the storm. Even here in my town, we had tornadoes come through, leaving a mess behind. I’ve been running around trying to help family, delivering generators and checking in on people, and it’s heartbreaking seeing how much destruction this storm has caused. Augusta is really suffering, and it’s going to take a long time to even start the recovery process. But the worst part is seeing how many people are still without power or access to help because the roads are either flooded or destroyed. It’s just chaos everywhere, and the damage is so widespread that it feels like there’s no end in sight. I’ve got family here trying to regroup after losing so much, and we’re doing what we can to make it through this. But honestly, it’s hard to even describe how bad it is out there. If you’re in the affected areas, keep pushing through, and let’s hope help reaches everyone soon. Stay safe out there.
The 600 figure was for unaccounted people. BTW, Geography King has a little video talking about why it was so devastating near the end of it's path, despite having weakened so much.
I live in Greene County, one of the areas mentioned in TN. We are without water. Depending on were you live in the county is how much damage you got. Spoke to a coworker today who lives less than a mile from the dam and its a miracle they made it out alive. Another coworker's daughter got married Saturday and he had to walk on foot over a badly damaged bridge to make it to his daughter's wedding. If collapsed about half and hour later.
Went to college in Asheville NC last year. Classes are canceled until AT LEAST October 28th. It breaks my heart to see the videos my classmates have taken. I can’t even imagine how different everything will be next time I visit compared to how it was during my time living in Asheville
I follow Ryan Hall, Y'all since I live in Texas where we get hurricanes and flooding. He is a huge help in getting out warnings early about where these storms will actually hit.
Not to mention all the help afterwards with the Yall Squad, boots on the ground helping with supplies, money and other support. Ryan is definitely my go to when these events happen. His warnings have helped save countless lives
I'm hoping that many of the missing people are OK - just no power and/or cell service to let folks know. These are resourceful and resilient people - they'll find a way, if anyone can. Also, other states - my own included - have deployed National Guard helicopters to search remote areas and deliver food or evacuate people as needed. The mud and debris in the water would have increased the damage a lot. Thanks for sharing these videos and bringing attention to what people are facing now and will deal with as their areas recover.
Hi Thurs, Thank You for this follow up video. Thousands of people are in the area to assist in rescue and cleanup. What they will need is money. I hope everyone who can will donate to this disaster. You saw the dog being rescued. Thousands of pets and farm animals have perished. Most of the pets that are rescued are being airlifted to animal shelters around the country. It is impossible to match them up with their owners. I can't imagine losing everything I own and my pets. This hurts my heart. I pray that if animals are brought to your city people will foster these animals and support animal rescues. Maybe later some of these animals can be united with their owners. God Bless The USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I volunteered at an animal shelter in Mississippi after Katrina. There were over 300 dogs and about 8 horses. They will photograph each animal and note where they came from. They put them online in hopes of reuniting them with their owners. They won't be available for adoption unless the owners don't claim them after awhile.
I live in western NC, and things are still appearing worse than anyone could have imagined. More than anything in these difficult times, the community around us has come together in a huge way. With very little and late help from the government until later into this week, the civilians are the ones who have been stepping up, doing rescues, donating and delivering food to inaccessible communities. Helene is gone and we are still, we will rebuild.
I live 2hrs from ground zero. We had a lot of tree's down, power loss for day's, etc. Aside from a few death's locally it was mostly an inconvenience. But our poor neighbors just West of us are devastated. The stories are heartbreaking of human loss. There are towns and communities up there that are completely gone. Literally washed off the face of the earth gone. The death toll keeps rising and there are still several thousand unaccounted for. But along with the tragic stories and pictures are the one's that show the good work of rescuers and volunteers. It's mostly volunteers and not the Govt. that has responded so far. People who own helicopters flying in supplies to people who are cut off from rescue and stuck. The couple that took their pack mules up there so they could deliver much needed food, water, meds, baby food, etc.via mule train into the areas unobtainable.
These images are absolutely heartbreaking... I get super emotional when I see them. Im saying extra prayers everyday for all the people affected. I personally cant even imagine what I would do if this happened to me and my family.
My mom lives in a little mountain community in Western NC. I lost contact with her Thursday night. I couldn't find any info or updates about her community at all. Nothing. I basically did nothing but obsessively search from Friday until just before midnight Sunday/Monday, when my mom called. On a very spotty call that dropped too soon, Mom assured me that she, stepdad, and Johnny Dog are safe and unhurt, obviously there's no power/phones/internet, and a tree(s?) fell...somewhere on the house, but it's okay...something not my (her) bed something not the kitchen. Maybe the garage? Whatever. I don't care. They're safe. I'm just anxiously waiting to hear from mom again.
Hurricanes always rotate in a counter clockwise direction. The consequences for any region that bears the force of the right arms of the storm, feels the heaviest wind and torrent of rain. That was the sad fate of Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina. It is an area of great natural beauty. It's tragic.
We here in Southwest Virginia got hit pretty hard too. I was without electricity from Friday through yesterday, and many people around here still don't have power and may not for a while.
I was living in Martinsville VA. Just moved three months ago to Wilamington NC. I’m so glad that there are people safe the lights will get back on in places. Help is coming.
Brevard NC here (about 45 minute drive south of Asheville, one of the hardest hit regions in NC). We just got power back tonight (and still isn't everyone, just my neighborhood. My sister's neighborhood had the bridge into the community wash away and they might not have power for a month until they get the bridge repaired). But Asheville and especially Chimney Rock....Chimney rock is pretty much gone now :( But the outpouring of help I've seen this past week and just neighbors helping neighbors has been truly inspiring. Churches and other groups organizing water and supply distribution centers, providing hot meals and shelter for people who lost their homes...heck a team locally is taking teams of mules to deliver supplies and rescue people in places vehicles can't get to yet.
I live in Valdosta, GA. It absolutely ravished this town.. 99% no power. The loss is completely heartbreaking. We have 3 kids, and sweating to sleep, freezing to bath. Still no power aa week in. It's really hard right now. Some roads are finally back open, but still very hard to get around.
That's the tomato farm near the Erwin Bridge when I was a delivery driver sending pallets there during summer. I did deliveries from Greeneville for 3 years.
It has been reported that this is the worse hurricane in our lifetime. 7 states were affected. Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virgina. It was so scary because it hit further inland than usual. I think 2 dams were breached. The water surge was what is so dangerous. I live about 40 miles NE of Atlanta. It moved to the east at the last minute, so we were saved. It was still at Category 2 when it came past here. I have lived here for 25 years. I have never had to prepare for a direct hit of a hurricane. I see now i would have been way under prepared. God bless these people.
I'm from western north carolina and we just got wifi and cell service back a few hours ago. gas station lines are long everything is cash no ATMs work and stores are empty there is a rv that washed into my neighbor's yard the water was 50 meters from my house
I’m 3 hours east in Raleigh area. Lived there in Western NC for 6 years though. All my family and friends are accounted for thank goodness. The scope of the devastation is immense and it is truly apocalyptic what the survivors are left with. Back to the Stone Age in an instant. Unbelievable that this would happen, it’s truly historic.
Western NC ,,spruce pine in mitchell county. Our little town is half gone, Yancey county got hit hardest, then mitchell, Avery, Madison counties. Many towns, homes, roads are just gone. Can't tell they were even there before
I'm in middle Tennessee, the last 3 days of the storm were pretty much over where I live. Luckily, by then it was just wind and rain not the huge amounts that hit east of me. Some groups like the United Cajun Navy are now helping get to people who are stranded. Others have brought in strings of pack mules and horses which can get to places vehicles can't. Hundreds if not thousands of miles of roads are simply gone. Smaller towns are gone. There are many videos where you can watch houses, vehicles and worse drift by and bridges collapsing. There really is no way to comprehend the devastation of the area.
The storm went through the entire state of Georgia, entire state. in the video at 15:14 Though I believe the storm did go into KY I think he meant Georgia. The South half of the state is closer to the gulf. It was still Hurricane category 1 midway through the state. When it got to piedmont region with Atlanta it turn into a tropical storm. There was flooding in some parts of Atlanta region but North of Atlanta Georgia share the same mountains region with Tennessee & North Carolina. Normally Tropical storms die down this far inland, but this started as category 4 and hit the Florida panhandle. To make matter worst the region started getting rain BEFORE the storm came. This created a lot of flooding and weak soil. Not everywhere is bad, but areas near waters like rivers and lakes as well as valleys or lower-level area between hills were hit harder.
I live in NC and grew up visiting Chimney rock/lake lure many many times. Alot of memories there and I'm so heartbroken seeing it destroyed and feel so sad for the people there that lost their belongings and their love ones.
Me too. We visited Chimney Rock/ Lake Lure regularly. Loved Maggie Valley & Cherokee too but they seem not as damaged. Heartbroken over our historical, unique, quaint Chimney Rock!!
Got a text from my niece in Asheville NC this morning. The road is open and she was able to drive out to stay with family in another part of North Carolina. Logistially it's a nightmare. Wind topples powerlines and trees that block roads, Rain causes rivers to overflow but it's put mud and debris in businesses and buildings and roads. Cell towers are down. Electricity is down.But since bridges and roads are washed out it's harder and slower to get food and water to people. It's harder to get trucks to get things back working when there's no road into some of these towns. So it's slow going. For reference. A big issue is just the massive amount of rain in a short time. They said 10 months of rain overnight. the rivers just can hold that much that fast and overflow.
I live in Indiana and we got high winds with gusts up to 70 mph and torrential rainfall 7.5 inches in less than 36 hours, and a tornado touched down not far from the Amazon where I work. We had 2 storm systems that converged on us, one being the remnants of Helene with the 2nd system coming from the west. It was minor compare to what happened in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Tennessee, but there were 2 deaths from the storm. There was an awesome meteorologist reporting on the flooding (I forget which state) and as he was on scene reporting he heard a woman screaming from her car that was almost submerged in the flood waters. He said," I've got to do something." Took off his microphone and battery pack took his wallet out of his pocket and waded out to her car. She still had her seat belt on, so he helped get her out of it, pulled her thru the window and carried her to safety. She was a short lady and the water came up pretty high on the meteorologist, so there was no way she could have escaped on her own
I live in eastern Tennessee, not far from Erwin. I have friends that were at work at Impact Plastics when management told them they would be fired if they left work (most of management then left while the employees stayed at work) even as water was rushing into their building. The employees were not officially dismissed until water waist deep. At that point it was way too late. A manager at another factory near Impact saw what was happening and used his tractor to try to rescue as many people from Impact Plastics as he could. 5 workers died and 13 more are still listed as "missing." That is the true version of events at Impact from friends who were there. I work about 40 minutes west of there. My factory just regained water and power two days ago and some of my coworkers are still without power and water. One of my coworkers completely lost everything, including her house. This storm completely devastated this entire region of the US. We are so far inland, most people never considered our area would ever experience anything like this. The water levels rose very quickly, causing many roadways and bridges to be washed away, some dams overflowed or completely failed, causing rivers to rapidly rise and spread, causing extreme flash flooding. It's insane how fast it happened. You could blink and all of sudden there's three feet of rapidly rushing and rising water. Some rivers rose by 40 feet above their Norman usual depths. this was not my first hurricane, but it was easily the worst and most tragic one I've ever been in.
The bridge at 9:50 and 10:15 are actually the same bridge. Kinser Bridge is it's correct name, but is generally referred to as the Erwin Highway bridge by us locals. To better demonstrate the overwhelming volume of rain taken on by the river, the normal water level measures around 100 feet below the bridge depicted in the collapse.
My husband and his crew of urban forestry workers just got to Asheville NC to help with the clean up and said it's the worst he has seen and he's done a few FL hurricane clean ups. They were told it could be months of clean up between there and TN . It's heartbreaking to see the devastation. It's not going to be a quick fix.
I have a friend in North Carolina who I haven't heard from yet. Communication and transportation have been completely disrupted in many areas down there.
Thurston, do you have a weather app? You'd be able to look at where the storm is, so you don't have to wonder. Helene made an inland turn, after it made landfall. It got over the Southern section of the Smoky Mountains, and dumped that 19 inches of rain. The accumulation of all that rain, coming down, out of the mountains, is the main reason for the areas on both sides to have such severe flooding. Unfortunately, some of those bodies, of the missing people, will never be found. They will be buried in mountains of mud, or possibly carried out to the Gulf or Ocean.
I moved to Boone not long ago for uni and Helene was just...oh my god. I've never been through such a thing. I keep hearing and seeing reports of catastrophic damage in all surrounding towns and then some, school is canceled for a while, and I lost contact with a close friend for 3 days before I knew if he was ok...they lost their whole property in Creston but their house survived. Some of my classmates lost their apartments from the floods, and even my professors are sending out emergency response emails for affected students. It's impossible to go anywhere without seeing damage. They're saying it's worse than Katrina. Our neighborhood was one of the lucky ones, but that can't be said for many, many others...
I saw one video that showed an object, a container of some kind sort of running the rapids in the flooded river. As it drew closer, there was no doubt that it was a coffin. 😞
I was just in Black mountain and Chimney Rock 2 weeks before this storm, places I stopped at are gone. This is close to Hugo in damage Im just east of there and have trees down in my yard but impossible to flood my house unless Noah shows up
@5:30 that is normally a gentle stream where he is filming might wash out They got 8 inches of rain Wednesday which was flooding before Helene hit Thursday with another 16 inches literally once in thousand years
My friend in Mitchell County North Carolina is well. Everyone made it through the storm but she may not have power resorted for at least a month in her estimation.
There is not one single area of North Carolina that is not doing everything they can to help out our brothers and sisters in the Western part of the state. We LOVE each other. And we’re gonna continue to take care of them. Entire bands of communities, sticking together to just do what we can. Nothing will ever be enough to replace what they’ve lost, but we WILL rebuild.
Hey from NC Mountains (Near Asheville, whole mountain slid)! Our Generator and starlink are working just fine thanks! Always watch your channel... this is going to be a weird video to watch.
Side note: They pull up water from deep under the mountains (Huge underground lakes) around here and supply 60% of the worlds IV bags (Baxters) So... Maybe this is the world's way of putting the water back? Yes, our IV bags even supply the EU, Canada etc
It’s insane how powerful water is. Just decimated everything 😞 these poor people. I live in CA. I can’t imagine experiencing anything remotely this horrible.
This hurricane affected more of the country than just where the initial land strike occurred. We even had hurricane related storms as far north and west as Central Indiana. We count ourselves fortunate our damage wasn’t as widespread as places farther south. Main thoroughfare roads in Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Virginia were completely ruined, making it difficult to get aid and rescue and resources to those places.
Hurricanes when they hit mountainous terrain tend to ring out a lot of water. And that water has nowhere to go except downhill where the rivers and creeks and towns are. Hence the massive flooding problems. Combine that with all the debris, double the problems. Just brutal.
I live in the Asheville area and it is horrific here. I made out so much better than most. I am still in disbelief from the pure devastation I saw on Friday morning.
My son and his girlfriend live in Asheville, NC. It's bad there. They got power yesterday but no water and limited food. Cell service isn't great so I can't call them? They show Asheville a lot, but so many neighborhoods and towns were erased in every state it affected. I'm 67 and went thru Superstorm Sandy on eastern Long Island. Frightening storm that took down a 40' tree and left a foot of water in my home. Helene was worse. Most hurricanes slow after hitting land. Helene hit NC as a Category 4! I have never seen that. I felt Helene on the east coast of Florida. Huge wind gusts and rain. Helene covered the whole state of Florida
A friend of mine who lives in the area posted the following: "In the neighboring town, Hendersonville, NC, they are finding drowned bodies in the aftermath of the flooding. So far 25 bodies found in this town alone. There will be more. The number of bodies in towns and homes that were destroyed will probably skyrocket as the cleanup progresses. I bet there will be a higher death toll than Katrina. Asheville, Fletcher, Arden, Swannanoa, Black Mountain, Canton, Bat Cave/Chimney Rock, and all the populated areas in the river basins." Absolutely horrifying to read.
The Tennessee River Authority was built during the Great Depression to control flooding and to electrify the region. there are movies in the 1930’s depicting the flooding that naturally occurs in that region remember these are some of the head waters of the Mississippi River. Today we are shocked by this when only three generations ago this place was largely without electricity. No human structures have immunity from this type of weather. Millions of mature 40-90’ tall trees were knocked over.
Yes I live in Tennessee, some of my family lost their home and car over in Newport tn praying for all others who were hit❤ also there’s another storm coming.
The UK has had serious floods. Even in January. But the currents weren't nearly so fierce. People still had to leave their homes though. Years ago there was an even worse flood.
I'm in western NC... I just got power and water back yesterday after 5 days... Lost some stuff in my basement that flooded and my bathroom... Otherwise am okay.. my cousin had to be swift water rescued in waist deep water clutching a pole... She lost everything... I signed up for the Red Cross.. going further up the mountain to help... Pray for us please
I am in North Florida. This was our third in the last year and a half. Guess what We have another storm coming to Florida. Remember the rain was bad and then you have the water coming down all the mountains. When the water in NC gets in the aquifer, it will come down the rivers in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Mud slides are another deadly problem in the mountains. Little cell service.
I’m in North Carolina but in the Sandhills. Compared to our mountains…very little damage. Couple roads flooded lost trees….nothing to complain about..thankfully. Pray for these states and families but our states will recover it’s the lives that was lost and being lost due to slow government State and Federal Governments. Don’t know if this is 100% but looked online to find out IF airbags in vehicles would deploy IF no one in vehicles and it stated NO. Vehicle must be on and running…seen so many footage of vehicles with airbags deployed. I’m praying what I read is wrong. If that article is true…many many more will be lost and added to the list of ones who lost their lives.
Hurricane Helene moved inland at incredible speed. Though its winds decreased enough to make it a tropical storm/depression, it dumped huge amounts of rain, 10 to 15 inches or more in a matter of hours, especially in the Appalachian mountain regions of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina. Western N. Carolina has been devastated. In the mountain areas there's no place for the rain to go but in the valleys and hollows where people live. While there were flash flood warnings out there were no mass evacuations, nobody has ever seen anything like this. People were caught in their homes and swept away. Here in Kentucky we're much luckier but still had wind damage and power out in much of the state and some are still out. These people are going to need a lot of help. Samaritan's Purse is a disaster relief organization based in N. Carolina that can use donations right now.
In just my county in FL we had 12 deaths i can't even begin to imagine how many people were lost in this storm because while we got absolutely hammered it was much worse further north. On a positive note the local radio station by me said they raised 1 million dollars today for hurricane victims.
Re missing people: Should be noted that electricity and cell service has been completely down for many many people in some of these towns like Asheville so they haven't been able to call anyone. Hopefully, people will be accounted for when services are back.
I'm in Hendersonville North Carolina. It's apocalyptic in some areas. But people throughout the county and state have stepped up. The local churches are handing out drinking water and supplies to whoever needs them. There's been a lot of generosity from people in the region. And the federal government just gave another 6 billion dollars to Ukraine while Americans lose everything.
Do not ever underestimate the power of flood waters. It can look lazy and calm on the surface, and below the surface it will think nothing of unaliving you and erasing your body from the earth.
Shout out to Cleetus McFarland AND all the other pilots who flew privately owned helicopters to provide emergency aid in NC. Their efforts were coordinated by Hope Mill Inc - a testimony to Americans taking charge of a problem and not waiting for the US government to arrive. Here's the video Cleetus posted ruclips.net/video/nQAPEBKhMS8/видео.html
Its a horrible loss of life but I think the biggest thing is the destruction of bridges, electrical systems, mudslides, etc. So many people are completely isolated without roads, without electricity, internet, clean water. Bad.
Celebrities were all over TV when the response to Katrina was slow. The president has pretty much said the federal government isn't going to do anything ($750 !!), and the celebrities are silent. I'm in central North Carolina and am going to Boone when I can get transportation worked out.
Geography King posted a video explaining why a hurricane hitting the Appalachian mountains has caused such devastation. The hurricane carries a lot of water and when it hits the side of a mountain it dumps it. Think of all those little valleys and "hollers" running through those hills with cascades of water and mud flowing though them. Two feet of fast moving water will knock a person off their feet and carry them off. Anyone unlucky enough to be in one of those valleys when Helene hit is probably buried in mud. But hopefully most of those 600 missing are just not able to phone out and will be found by the helicopters searching for survivors.
There are bodies trapped in debris and floating down the rivers in NC. They said they are overwhelmed and will collect them when they are able to. Numbers are much higher. Our FB feed is full of people Searching for loved ones and entire families.😢
North Carolina here. We'll recover. We're the United States of America. It's what we do. ❤🇺🇸
I don't know you, but I'm so glad you're safe and you're in good spirits. You have power and internet, which is great! I mean, if you're currently in NC (either way really. Do we ever take those things for granted- like they're as natural to our surroundings as air and sunlight). My mom is in Transylvania County and I lost contact with her Thursday night. I didn't have contact with her until just before midnight Sunday. It was spotty and very brief and the greatest relief of my life.
I hope that if you received damage, it was minimal and that there's nobody in your community or your heart who remains unaccounted for.
North Carolina here, as well. I’m in Wilamington. We only experienced a little rain and wind gusts to 60 mph. I’m so glad that you are safe. Yes, the people will come together and rebuild.
East Tennessee Here #AppalachiaStrong 💪💪
sending love from from the upstate SC, hope yall recover quickly
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FYI the area affected by Helene is larger than England.
well a State is larger lol and it fcked up multiple States. Low estimate is like 110billion
That is crazy..
I live in western NC and it's absolutely devasting. This is a very beloved part of NC and to see it in ruins is just heartbreaking! We are strong and resilient and will get through this!
My husband and I always loved that part of NC it reminds us so much of our Adirondack home. From the towns, forest, mountains and even the people . We are praying for you all. His crew in Asheville for the clean up and he says it's unbelievable how bad there area a got hit.
im in foothills and it fcked us up for days I can't imagine in Chimney Rock
I live in Fairview right below chimney rock we got lucky however i lost both cars and a few friends
Ground zero here, one of the lucky ones here, we are sticking together here.
They have been using mules and horses in some areas to reach people. I was in Ashville a year ago what a shame. I have a 98 year old friend that lives near by up a mountain. She is cut off. We finally got a hold of her. She had been busy making food for her neighbors.
I love it. 98 and in the worst storm of your life / a century and... you make meals for your neighbors. More of that and fewer political wedge issues, please.
I'm from east Tennessee. Things are a mess but I can tell you the
way the people come together is always amazing in America. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this.
I'm in Greene County where the bridge was swept away. One of the scariest things to me was when we got an emergency notification after midnight that the Nolichucky Dam had failed and everyone had to evacuate. But by a true miracle, the dam did not collapse. At its peak, it endured 1.2 million gallons of water per second (for comparison, the peak amount of water Niagara Falls sees at a time is 700,000 gallons per second). The dam was built over 100 years ago, and I am so thankful for the people who built it for saving countless lives ❤ Also, our water intake plant was destroyed, so our entire area has been without running water since Sunday.
NC here. It’s been amazing to see how all parts of our state have pitched in. Whether it’s money, food/water, blood, shelter… I’m so proud of my state. I’m on the coast where we usually get hit by the storms and we are all pulling together to help our mountain neighbors.
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I watched an interview with a woman in Ashville NC and she said you can smell death in the air. They haven't found all the dead bodies yet. The death toll will continue to rise. Some areas they can't even get to yet. This is really sad.
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Yes my sister and family are there and she says the farmers ( rancher's) not heard from and wildlife and farm animals missing and they can't see them but the smell of death is terrible. 😢 Imagine the wildlife forest is quiet.
It's the mountain there should be no water following that is not the river surely not down beside the road. Rain lots and lots of rain speed up before hitting the valley and cleans the earth of everything in it's way. It's not anything the people on the mountain exspect. Other areas of NC, VA, GA, Florida. Not the Appalachian mountain.
I lived in this area for 25 years. I still have family and friends there. It is one of the most economically underserved regions in the US. I don't think many people realize how few roads there are in this region. There are only 2 roads through the mountains that connect NC and TN with sections now missing. Many tiny communities are completely cut off. Most of the roads require prayer and fingernails to traverse at the best of times. Rock slides are occurring constantly. No power or water anywhere and no time table for when this can be restored. They are still in rescue mode and continue to find bodies. Cemeteries have washed away and coffins are showing up on river banks. My brother-in-law has a business on Sugar Mountain and can't get to it to see if it is still there. The road is gone. Most of the county highway maintenance property along with their huge trucks and equipment is gone. It will take helicopters to rescue the isolated communities. Windshear is a real problem for lighter weight aircraft in the mountains. I live near an airport and I have never heard so many helicopters as I have today. I assume they are deploying national guard. New Orleans still hasn't recovered from Katrina 20 years ago. This, too, will take decades to rebuild.
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I know someone in Asheville and when it was getting bad they posted that the water was surrounding the house, and rising. We didn't hear from them for three days after that and were so worried. Thankfully they're okay, as well as the house. They don't have power or water still, but are grateful to have internet to at least keep in contact.
Mountain slid, lots with outpower and lots stuck down the mountain. Only had one lane open last I checked. Lots of people staying with our neighbors.
(I live around here... trying to not give away my exact location...hard)
I'm in Leicester right outside of Asheville , aye ok though
@@BLADE_KING47 That's cool, I live on the black mountain side. My wife and I actually got a tattoo there. (One arm guy, heavy handed).
Some places in the high terrain of NC got up to 36 inches on top of already flooded ground. There were floods coming down mountains at like 120mph. Don't really know how many people are missing because they can't get up there.
Many people are trapped and will be for awhile. Helicopters are dropping supplies to them. Could be weeks
Hey, everyone. I just wanted to give you an update on the absolute devastation left by Hurricane Helene. Augusta, Georgia, is in really bad shape. Flooding is everywhere, trees have been ripped out of the ground, and power is still out in so many areas. I’ve been taking in family from Augusta who had to evacuate or have no power, and it’s been overwhelming trying to keep everything going. The roads are wrecked, homes are destroyed, and it’s just a complete disaster zone.
The storm didn't just stop there. North and South Carolina have been hit hard , with the second highest death tolls from this hurricane. Flash floods, tornadoes, you name it-everything that could go wrong did. In North Carolina the highest death tolls whole towns have been washed out, and inland areas that usually don’t see this kind of damage were blindsided by the storm.
Even here in my town, we had tornadoes come through, leaving a mess behind. I’ve been running around trying to help family, delivering generators and checking in on people, and it’s heartbreaking seeing how much destruction this storm has caused. Augusta is really suffering, and it’s going to take a long time to even start the recovery process. But the worst part is seeing how many people are still without power or access to help because the roads are either flooded or destroyed.
It’s just chaos everywhere, and the damage is so widespread that it feels like there’s no end in sight. I’ve got family here trying to regroup after losing so much, and we’re doing what we can to make it through this. But honestly, it’s hard to even describe how bad it is out there. If you’re in the affected areas, keep pushing through, and let’s hope help reaches everyone soon. Stay safe out there.
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The 600 figure was for unaccounted people. BTW, Geography King has a little video talking about why it was so devastating near the end of it's path, despite having weakened so much.
I live in Greene County, one of the areas mentioned in TN. We are without water. Depending on were you live in the county is how much damage you got. Spoke to a coworker today who lives less than a mile from the dam and its a miracle they made it out alive. Another coworker's daughter got married Saturday and he had to walk on foot over a badly damaged bridge to make it to his daughter's wedding. If collapsed about half and hour later.
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Went to college in Asheville NC last year. Classes are canceled until AT LEAST October 28th. It breaks my heart to see the videos my classmates have taken. I can’t even imagine how different everything will be next time I visit compared to how it was during my time living in Asheville
I follow Ryan Hall, Y'all since I live in Texas where we get hurricanes and flooding. He is a huge help in getting out warnings early about where these storms will actually hit.
Yup im in FL on the Gulf his stream was on all throughout the storm his streams are the best very informative.
I'm one of his youtube mods. I love helping his streams and learning from him.
Ryan’s channel has become my go to channel. Living in Florida I appreciate how dedicated and profession they are.
Not to mention all the help afterwards with the Yall Squad, boots on the ground helping with supplies, money and other support. Ryan is definitely my go to when these events happen. His warnings have helped save countless lives
I'm hoping that many of the missing people are OK - just no power and/or cell service to let folks know. These are resourceful and resilient people - they'll find a way, if anyone can.
Also, other states - my own included - have deployed National Guard helicopters to search remote areas and deliver food or evacuate people as needed.
The mud and debris in the water would have increased the damage a lot. Thanks for sharing these videos and bringing attention to what people are facing now and will deal with as their areas recover.
Hi Thurs, Thank You for this follow up video. Thousands of people are in the area to assist in rescue and cleanup. What they will need is money. I hope everyone who can will donate to this disaster. You saw the dog being rescued. Thousands of pets and farm animals have perished. Most of the pets that are rescued are being airlifted to animal shelters around the country. It is impossible to match them up with their owners. I can't imagine losing everything I own and my pets. This hurts my heart. I pray that if animals are brought to your city people will foster these animals and support animal rescues. Maybe later some of these animals can be united with their owners. God Bless The USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I volunteered at an animal shelter in Mississippi after Katrina. There were over 300 dogs and about 8 horses.
They will photograph each animal and note where they came from. They put them online in hopes of reuniting them with their owners. They won't be available for adoption unless the owners don't claim them after awhile.
I live in western NC, and things are still appearing worse than anyone could have imagined. More than anything in these difficult times, the community around us has come together in a huge way. With very little and late help from the government until later into this week, the civilians are the ones who have been stepping up, doing rescues, donating and delivering food to inaccessible communities. Helene is gone and we are still, we will rebuild.
I live 2hrs from ground zero. We had a lot of tree's down, power loss for day's, etc. Aside from a few death's locally it was mostly an inconvenience. But our poor neighbors just West of us are devastated. The stories are heartbreaking of human loss. There are towns and communities up there that are completely gone. Literally washed off the face of the earth gone. The death toll keeps rising and there are still several thousand unaccounted for.
But along with the tragic stories and pictures are the one's that show the good work of rescuers and volunteers. It's mostly volunteers and not the Govt. that has responded so far. People who own helicopters flying in supplies to people who are cut off from rescue and stuck. The couple that took their pack mules up there so they could deliver much needed food, water, meds, baby food, etc.via mule train into the areas unobtainable.
Helene is the worst hurricane in the last 50 years.
At least in this part of the country.
In parts of the NC mountains that are basically inaccessible, they’re using chains of mules to bring in supplies as they did in olden times.
It's certainly not the worst hurricane in the past 50 years overall. In the area, probably for the last 100 years.
I live an hour away from Asheville in North Carolina. It breaks my heart for those trapped up there and the loss of life from this hurricane.
Been through numerous terrifying hurricanes, this Helene seems to be a particularly bad one.
These images are absolutely heartbreaking... I get super emotional when I see them. Im saying extra prayers everyday for all the people affected. I personally cant even imagine what I would do if this happened to me and my family.
My mom lives in a little mountain community in Western NC. I lost contact with her Thursday night. I couldn't find any info or updates about her community at all. Nothing. I basically did nothing but obsessively search from Friday until just before midnight Sunday/Monday, when my mom called.
On a very spotty call that dropped too soon, Mom assured me that she, stepdad, and Johnny Dog are safe and unhurt, obviously there's no power/phones/internet, and a tree(s?) fell...somewhere on the house, but it's okay...something not my (her) bed something not the kitchen.
Maybe the garage? Whatever. I don't care. They're safe.
I'm just anxiously waiting to hear from mom again.
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Hurricanes always rotate in a counter clockwise direction. The consequences for any region that bears the force of the right arms of the storm, feels the heaviest wind and torrent of rain. That was the sad fate of Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina. It is an area of great natural beauty. It's tragic.
We here in Southwest Virginia got hit pretty hard too. I was without electricity from Friday through yesterday, and many people around here still don't have power and may not for a while.
I was living in Martinsville VA. Just moved three months ago to Wilamington NC. I’m so glad that there are people safe the lights will get back on in places. Help is coming.
Brevard NC here (about 45 minute drive south of Asheville, one of the hardest hit regions in NC). We just got power back tonight (and still isn't everyone, just my neighborhood. My sister's neighborhood had the bridge into the community wash away and they might not have power for a month until they get the bridge repaired). But Asheville and especially Chimney Rock....Chimney rock is pretty much gone now :( But the outpouring of help I've seen this past week and just neighbors helping neighbors has been truly inspiring. Churches and other groups organizing water and supply distribution centers, providing hot meals and shelter for people who lost their homes...heck a team locally is taking teams of mules to deliver supplies and rescue people in places vehicles can't get to yet.
I live in Valdosta, GA. It absolutely ravished this town.. 99% no power. The loss is completely heartbreaking. We have 3 kids, and sweating to sleep, freezing to bath. Still no power aa week in. It's really hard right now. Some roads are finally back open, but still very hard to get around.
Upstate Sc, day 6 no power, garage flattened by a tree, shed uprooted by a tree, but I’ve also never seen more stars in my life
That's the tomato farm near the Erwin Bridge when I was a delivery driver sending pallets there during summer. I did deliveries from Greeneville for 3 years.
It has been reported that this is the worse hurricane in our lifetime. 7 states were affected. Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virgina.
It was so scary because it hit further inland than usual. I think 2 dams were breached. The water surge was what is so dangerous. I live about 40 miles NE of Atlanta. It moved to the east at the last minute, so we were saved. It was still at Category 2 when it came past here. I have lived here for 25 years. I have never had to prepare for a direct hit of a hurricane. I see now i would have been way under prepared.
God bless these people.
You missed Tennessee.
I'm from western north carolina and we just got wifi and cell service back a few hours ago. gas station lines are long everything is cash no ATMs work and stores are empty there is a rv that washed into my neighbor's yard the water was 50 meters from my house
I’m 3 hours east in Raleigh area. Lived there in Western NC for 6 years though. All my family and friends are accounted for thank goodness. The scope of the devastation is immense and it is truly apocalyptic what the survivors are left with. Back to the Stone Age in an instant. Unbelievable that this would happen, it’s truly historic.
NC resident here. My area is fine but I have many friends whose families have been heavily impacted. We appreciate the thoughts and prayers
Western NC ,,spruce pine in mitchell county. Our little town is half gone, Yancey county got hit hardest, then mitchell, Avery, Madison counties. Many towns, homes, roads are just gone. Can't tell they were even there before
I'm in middle Tennessee, the last 3 days of the storm were pretty much over where I live. Luckily, by then it was just wind and rain not the huge amounts that hit east of me.
Some groups like the United Cajun Navy are now helping get to people who are stranded. Others have brought in strings of pack mules and horses which can get to places vehicles can't.
Hundreds if not thousands of miles of roads are simply gone. Smaller towns are gone. There are many videos where you can watch houses, vehicles and worse drift by and bridges collapsing.
There really is no way to comprehend the devastation of the area.
The storm went through the entire state of Georgia, entire state. in the video at 15:14 Though I believe the storm did go into KY I think he meant Georgia. The South half of the state is closer to the gulf. It was still Hurricane category 1 midway through the state. When it got to piedmont region with Atlanta it turn into a tropical storm. There was flooding in some parts of Atlanta region but North of Atlanta Georgia share the same mountains region with Tennessee & North Carolina.
Normally Tropical storms die down this far inland, but this started as category 4 and hit the Florida panhandle. To make matter worst the region started getting rain BEFORE the storm came. This created a lot of flooding and weak soil.
Not everywhere is bad, but areas near waters like rivers and lakes as well as valleys or lower-level area between hills were hit harder.
I live in NC and grew up visiting Chimney rock/lake lure many many times. Alot of memories there and I'm so heartbroken seeing it destroyed and feel so sad for the people there that lost their belongings and their love ones.
Me too. We visited Chimney Rock/ Lake Lure regularly. Loved Maggie Valley & Cherokee too but they seem not as damaged. Heartbroken over our historical, unique, quaint Chimney Rock!!
Thank you for caring.
Got a text from my niece in Asheville NC this morning. The road is open and she was able to drive out to stay with family in another part of North Carolina. Logistially it's a nightmare. Wind topples powerlines and trees that block roads, Rain causes rivers to overflow but it's put mud and debris in businesses and buildings and roads. Cell towers are down. Electricity is down.But since bridges and roads are washed out it's harder and slower to get food and water to people. It's harder to get trucks to get things back working when there's no road into some of these towns. So it's slow going. For reference. A big issue is just the massive amount of rain in a short time. They said 10 months of rain overnight. the rivers just can hold that much that fast and overflow.
I live in Indiana and we got high winds with gusts up to 70 mph and torrential rainfall 7.5 inches in less than 36 hours, and a tornado touched down not far from the Amazon where I work. We had 2 storm systems that converged on us, one being the remnants of Helene with the 2nd system coming from the west. It was minor compare to what happened in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Tennessee, but there were 2 deaths from the storm.
There was an awesome meteorologist reporting on the flooding (I forget which state) and as he was on scene reporting he heard a woman screaming from her car that was almost submerged in the flood waters. He said," I've got to do something." Took off his microphone and battery pack took his wallet out of his pocket and waded out to her car. She still had her seat belt on, so he helped get her out of it, pulled her thru the window and carried her to safety. She was a short lady and the water came up pretty high on the meteorologist, so there was no way she could have escaped on her own
I live in eastern Tennessee, not far from Erwin. I have friends that were at work at Impact Plastics when management told them they would be fired if they left work (most of management then left while the employees stayed at work) even as water was rushing into their building. The employees were not officially dismissed until water waist deep. At that point it was way too late. A manager at another factory near Impact saw what was happening and used his tractor to try to rescue as many people from Impact Plastics as he could. 5 workers died and 13 more are still listed as "missing." That is the true version of events at Impact from friends who were there. I work about 40 minutes west of there. My factory just regained water and power two days ago and some of my coworkers are still without power and water. One of my coworkers completely lost everything, including her house. This storm completely devastated this entire region of the US. We are so far inland, most people never considered our area would ever experience anything like this. The water levels rose very quickly, causing many roadways and bridges to be washed away, some dams overflowed or completely failed, causing rivers to rapidly rise and spread, causing extreme flash flooding. It's insane how fast it happened. You could blink and all of sudden there's three feet of rapidly rushing and rising water. Some rivers rose by 40 feet above their Norman usual depths. this was not my first hurricane, but it was easily the worst and most tragic one I've ever been in.
The bridge at 9:50 and 10:15 are actually the same bridge. Kinser Bridge is it's correct name, but is generally referred to as the Erwin Highway bridge by us locals. To better demonstrate the overwhelming volume of rain taken on by the river, the normal water level measures around 100 feet below the bridge depicted in the collapse.
My husband and his crew of urban forestry workers just got to Asheville NC to help with the clean up and said it's the worst he has seen and he's done a few FL hurricane clean ups. They were told it could be months of clean up between there and TN . It's heartbreaking to see the devastation. It's not going to be a quick fix.
To the people of Ashville, hope you all recover quick. Especially since a huge tourism season had begun. Biltmore is a huge iconic piece of the area.
I have a friend in North Carolina who I haven't heard from yet. Communication and transportation have been completely disrupted in many areas down there.
Thurston, do you have a weather app? You'd be able to look at where the storm is, so you don't have to wonder. Helene made an inland turn, after it made landfall. It got over the Southern section of the Smoky Mountains, and dumped that 19 inches of rain. The accumulation of all that rain, coming down, out of the mountains, is the main reason for the areas on both sides to have such severe flooding. Unfortunately, some of those bodies, of the missing people, will never be found. They will be buried in mountains of mud, or possibly carried out to the Gulf or Ocean.
This is definately not common in the mountains.
I moved to Boone not long ago for uni and Helene was just...oh my god. I've never been through such a thing. I keep hearing and seeing reports of catastrophic damage in all surrounding towns and then some, school is canceled for a while, and I lost contact with a close friend for 3 days before I knew if he was ok...they lost their whole property in Creston but their house survived. Some of my classmates lost their apartments from the floods, and even my professors are sending out emergency response emails for affected students.
It's impossible to go anywhere without seeing damage. They're saying it's worse than Katrina. Our neighborhood was one of the lucky ones, but that can't be said for many, many others...
I saw one video that showed an object, a container of some kind sort of running the rapids in the flooded river. As it drew closer, there was no doubt that it was a coffin. 😞
I live in Asheville NC. Still don't have power and the reception is spotty. Finding food and necessities is getting hard.
I was just in Black mountain and Chimney Rock 2 weeks before this storm, places I stopped at are gone. This is close to Hugo in damage
Im just east of there and have trees down in my yard but impossible to flood my house unless Noah shows up
@5:30 that is normally a gentle stream where he is filming might wash out
They got 8 inches of rain Wednesday which was flooding before Helene hit Thursday with another 16 inches literally once in thousand years
I can't imagine watching your home float by.
My friend in Mitchell County North Carolina is well. Everyone made it through the storm but she may not have power resorted for at least a month in her estimation.
Thank you for your thoughts.
There is not one single area of North Carolina that is not doing everything they can to help out our brothers and sisters in the Western part of the state. We LOVE each other. And we’re gonna continue to take care of them. Entire bands of communities, sticking together to just do what we can. Nothing will ever be enough to replace what they’ve lost, but we WILL rebuild.
Hey from NC Mountains (Near Asheville, whole mountain slid)! Our Generator and starlink are working just fine thanks! Always watch your channel... this is going to be a weird video to watch.
Side note: They pull up water from deep under the mountains (Huge underground lakes) around here and supply 60% of the worlds IV bags (Baxters) So... Maybe this is the world's way of putting the water back? Yes, our IV bags even supply the EU, Canada etc
It’s insane how powerful water is. Just decimated everything 😞 these poor people. I live in CA. I can’t imagine experiencing anything remotely this horrible.
This hurricane affected more of the country than just where the initial land strike occurred. We even had hurricane related storms as far north and west as Central Indiana. We count ourselves fortunate our damage wasn’t as widespread as places farther south. Main thoroughfare roads in Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Virginia were completely ruined, making it difficult to get aid and rescue and resources to those places.
Hurricanes when they hit mountainous terrain tend to ring out a lot of water. And that water has nowhere to go except downhill where the rivers and creeks and towns are. Hence the massive flooding problems. Combine that with all the debris, double the problems. Just brutal.
Tennessee here, the Nolichucky River got it's name from the Cherokee Indians, meaning "River of Death".
I live in the Asheville area and it is horrific here. I made out so much better than most. I am still in disbelief from the pure devastation I saw on Friday morning.
My son and his girlfriend live in Asheville, NC. It's bad there. They got power yesterday but no water and limited food. Cell service isn't great so I can't call them? They show Asheville a lot, but so many neighborhoods and towns were erased in every state it affected.
I'm 67 and went thru Superstorm Sandy on eastern Long Island. Frightening storm that took down a 40' tree and left a foot of water in my home. Helene was worse. Most hurricanes slow after hitting land. Helene hit NC as a Category 4! I have never seen that. I felt Helene on the east coast of Florida. Huge wind gusts and rain. Helene covered the whole state of Florida
Yea I live near Asheville. This storm was worse than Katrina.
A friend of mine who lives in the area posted the following: "In the neighboring town, Hendersonville, NC, they are finding drowned bodies in the aftermath of the flooding. So far 25 bodies found in this town alone. There will be more. The number of bodies in towns and homes that were destroyed will probably skyrocket as the cleanup progresses. I bet there will be a higher death toll than Katrina. Asheville, Fletcher, Arden, Swannanoa, Black Mountain, Canton, Bat Cave/Chimney Rock, and all the populated areas in the river basins." Absolutely horrifying to read.
The Tennessee River Authority was built during the Great Depression to control flooding and to electrify the region. there are movies in the 1930’s depicting the flooding that naturally occurs in that region remember these are some of the head waters of the Mississippi River. Today we are shocked by this when only three generations ago this place was largely without electricity. No human structures have immunity from this type of weather. Millions of mature 40-90’ tall trees were knocked over.
Yes I live in Tennessee, some of my family lost their home and car over in Newport tn praying for all others who were hit❤ also there’s another storm coming.
And thank you for your recognition, I love your videos
clean up and repairs will take a while. The problem is getting water and other supplies. The water in those rivers is contaminated.
The UK has had serious floods. Even in January. But the currents weren't nearly so fierce. People still had to leave their homes though. Years ago there was an even worse flood.
I'm in western NC... I just got power and water back yesterday after 5 days... Lost some stuff in my basement that flooded and my bathroom... Otherwise am okay.. my cousin had to be swift water rescued in waist deep water clutching a pole... She lost everything... I signed up for the Red Cross.. going further up the mountain to help... Pray for us please
FYI, there are over 140 deaths in NC, with HUNDREDS missing.. ..The death toll keeps rising as more people are discovered....Its really sad.
I am in North Florida. This was our third in the last year and a half. Guess what We have another storm coming to Florida. Remember the rain was bad and then you have the water coming down all the mountains. When the water in NC gets in the aquifer, it will come down the rivers in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Mud slides are another deadly problem in the mountains. Little cell service.
I’m in North Carolina but in the Sandhills. Compared to our mountains…very little damage. Couple roads flooded lost trees….nothing to complain about..thankfully. Pray for these states and families but our states will recover it’s the lives that was lost and being lost due to slow government State and Federal Governments.
Don’t know if this is 100% but looked online to find out IF airbags in vehicles would deploy IF no one in vehicles and it stated NO. Vehicle must be on and running…seen so many footage of vehicles with airbags deployed. I’m praying what I read is wrong. If that article is true…many many more will be lost and added to the list of ones who lost their lives.
Hurricane Helene moved inland at incredible speed. Though its winds decreased enough to make it a tropical storm/depression, it dumped huge amounts of rain, 10 to 15 inches or more in a matter of hours, especially in the Appalachian mountain regions of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina. Western N. Carolina has been devastated. In the mountain areas there's no place for the rain to go but in the valleys and hollows where people live. While there were flash flood warnings out there were no mass evacuations, nobody has ever seen anything like this. People were caught in their homes and swept away. Here in Kentucky we're much luckier but still had wind damage and power out in much of the state and some are still out. These people are going to need a lot of help. Samaritan's Purse is a disaster relief organization based in N. Carolina that can use donations right now.
40 TRILLION Gallons of water were rained down on Western NC and Eastern TN.
This year overall for the U.S. has been really bad for devastating storms
They had no true warnings to evacuate and it flooded FAST.
My great nephew came from over 500 miles away to help clear debris in Ashville.
Additional note, cell phone towers were destroyed, so communication is limited.
As of now, i live in North carolina, and the death toll is at 190+ 94 in North carolina alone
I live in Western North Carolina; we did get destroyed but we are Carolina Strong!
We have heros in NC & the USS
In just my county in FL we had 12 deaths i can't even begin to imagine how many people were lost in this storm because while we got absolutely hammered it was much worse further north. On a positive note the local radio station by me said they raised 1 million dollars today for hurricane victims.
182 have died from this storm so far. 10/2/24. The cell phone service and power were out and rescue squads couldn't get to many places in these areas.
Re missing people: Should be noted that electricity and cell service has been completely down for many many people in some of these towns like Asheville so they haven't been able to call anyone. Hopefully, people will be accounted for when services are back.
I'm in Hendersonville North Carolina. It's apocalyptic in some areas. But people throughout the county and state have stepped up. The local churches are handing out drinking water and supplies to whoever needs them. There's been a lot of generosity from people in the region.
And the federal government just gave another 6 billion dollars to Ukraine while Americans lose everything.
Do not ever underestimate the power of flood waters. It can look lazy and calm on the surface, and below the surface it will think nothing of unaliving you and erasing your body from the earth.
I have been sharing missing people for days. Often they are found. No communication pr low communication in places.
Shout out to Cleetus McFarland AND all the other pilots who flew privately owned helicopters to provide emergency aid in NC. Their efforts were coordinated by Hope Mill Inc - a testimony to Americans taking charge of a problem and not waiting for the US government to arrive. Here's the video Cleetus posted ruclips.net/video/nQAPEBKhMS8/видео.html
As of 10 AM Eastern Time on Wednesday, the death toll is now 175. Many persons unaccounted for.
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Its a horrible loss of life but I think the biggest thing is the destruction of bridges, electrical systems, mudslides, etc. So many people are completely isolated without roads, without electricity, internet, clean water. Bad.
This part of North Carolina and Tennessee is the mountains think of it as the Scottish highlands flooding.
Celebrities were all over TV when the response to Katrina was slow. The president has pretty much said the federal government isn't going to do anything ($750 !!), and the celebrities are silent. I'm in central North Carolina and am going to Boone when I can get transportation worked out.
Geography King posted a video explaining why a hurricane hitting the Appalachian mountains has caused such devastation. The hurricane carries a lot of water and when it hits the side of a mountain it dumps it. Think of all those little valleys and "hollers" running through those hills with cascades of water and mud flowing though them. Two feet of fast moving water will knock a person off their feet and carry them off. Anyone unlucky enough to be in one of those valleys when Helene hit is probably buried in mud. But hopefully most of those 600 missing are just not able to phone out and will be found by the helicopters searching for survivors.
The biggest PSA for the NC/Tennessee damage area is that it is not hurricane country.
There are bodies trapped in debris and floating down the rivers in NC. They said they are overwhelmed and will collect them when they are able to. Numbers are much higher. Our FB feed is full of people
Searching for loved ones and entire families.😢
I'm trying to share on my FB
I was hit with it i live in bristol tn we lost power for about ten hours
As far as hurricanes go, yeah, It's a bad one.