Flooding and landslides strike southern Appalachians after hurricane pummeled region and wreaked havoc
More than 50 people are confirmed dead and almost 3.5 million are without power on Saturday, after strong winds and torrential rain from Hurricane Helene wreaked unprecedented havoc across large swathes of the south-eastern United States.
Historic flooding continued over parts of the southern Appalachians on Saturday, as first responders worked to reach stranded communities in trying conditions while local authorities began to assess the scale of the damage and displacement.
“It looks like a bomb went off,” said Georgia’s governor, Brian Kemp, after surveying the damage from the air on Saturday.
3 days don’t sound so bad for a hurricane of this calibre. I had an outage for 6 days from a severe wind storm. Took down a ton of trees one being two houses down that was enormous and took down a power line with it. After that incident though my power company contracts a bunch of people to drive into town for extra help when there is another severe storm.