Tag: storm
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Field hospitals set up to treat North Carolina storm victims sit mostly empty
BOONE, N.C. — Health care companies and nonprofit organizations have erected fully equipped field hospitals in North Carolina, in a pre-emptive attempt to treat residents injured by Hurricane Helene. But few patients had shown up Friday at the hospital set up in a large, white tent by Samaritan’s Purse, an aid organization founded by Christian…
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At Asheville’s Mission Hospital, workers describe the dire conditions after the storm
Facing what could be months without a steady water supply, the only solution for Mission Hospital was to dig a well. The Asheville, North Carolina hospital was crippled after the fast-moving Hurricane Helene dumped a record amount of rain in the region over the weekend. “The entire water infrastructure to the area was obliterated,” said…
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In Asheville after the storm, the waiting is the hardest part
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Four days after Hurricane Helene ravaged this community, there are lines for groceries, lines for gas, lines to get into shelters and lines at charging stations to juice up cellphones. Outside the Mellow Mushroom, there was a long line of people Tuesday waiting for something that has also been hard to come…
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North Carolina before and after the storm
More than 150 deaths have been confirmed in the days since Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, including dozens in flood-stricken North Carolina. “Communities were wiped off the map,” said North Carolina’s Gov. Roy Cooper. Entire communities in that state are underwater, with dozens dead in Buncombe County. Follow live…
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Southeast reels from deadly storm damage and heavy flooding
Share Power returns for some but many storm-hit communities are still in the dark Patrick SmithPatrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital. For many families waiting for the lights to come back on, the wait continues. More than 1.6 million energy customers are without power as of 4.30 a.m. ET…
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Trump falsely says Georgia’s governor was unable to talk to Biden about storm damange
Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has not been able to reach President Joe Biden to discuss Hurricane Helene’s impacts on his state. “He has been calling the president, but has not been able to get him,” Trump said during a press conference at a furniture store in Valdosta, Ga.…
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Storm survivors at a packed shelter in Asheville are still in shock
Ferguson said a neighbor drove him to higher ground before the low-lying area where they lived was inundated by floodwaters. He said the water came up to the roof of his home and lifted it off its moorings before it slammed into another trailer. When the waters receded a bit, Ferguson was able to get…
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88 dead in storm; Trump expected to visit hard-hit Georgia city
Share More rain still possible across parts of Central Appalachians The leftovers of once-Hurricane Helene combined with a mild rain front could dump additional rain on parts of Central Appalachians, federal forecasters said. Between 1 to 2 inches of rain, with up to 5 inches in some areas, could fall from West Virginia into northwest…
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Storm kills 64; 3 million customers still without power
Share Biden approves disaster declaration for North Carolina President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for North Carolina, where at least 10 people have died and flooding brought major destruction across the state. The approval makes federal funding available to people in 25 counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the White House…
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‘Life-threatening’ conditions as storm churns over Georgia
Share Some hurricane and tropical storm warnings lifted in Florida — but storm surge risk remains Patrick SmithPatrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital. Various hurricane and tropical storm warnings across Florida have been lifted or downgraded as Helene makes it way north across Georgia, the National Hurricane said in…