Hurricane Helene live updates: Staff and patients rescued from hospital roof; dam suffers ‘catastrophic failure’
Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida on Thursday as a Category 4 storm. Follow the Post’s live updates for the latest news on tracking the storm’s path, reactions and photos.
Floridian here. First, my heart goes out to those who have died and prayers to all who are suffering.
There has been flooding of homes along the Gulf Coast from Naples all the way up to the big bend. I’m watching the footage on Weather Channel and it is just devastation everywhere. The big bend area has had 3 storms in 13 months and some of these communities near where the eye came in have generational Floridians who shrimped or scalloped and couldn’t afford insurance.
I’ve also spent some vacations in the NC mountains and am watching the rain and floods there just wipe out towns like Chimney Rock Village. A major dam is in danger of failing. People in SC have trees and power lines down. My heart is heavy tonight. So much damage and so many people suffering. 😢
Selfishly, I don’t know how any of us in these states will be able to afford any homeowner insurance after this. Rates were already insane.
We will definitely be saying prayers. Thank you for sharing this with us.
There's another potential hurricane brewing in the Cayman Islands that may essentially follow the same path as Helene. Supposed to be in the Gulf next week, although probably going to head towards TX/LA
Hopefully the Gulf waters have cooled considerably after Helene stirred them up so it doesn’t become another monster.
Watch the Water. This is sad. These poor people. 😢
We will definitely be praying for them.
Absolutely heartbreaking to see the damage. I live in the coastal plains of NC and was flooded out of my home in 2018 by Hurricane Flo. So I know what many of these people are currently experiencing and will be going through in the future. It took over a year to get back in our home.
Although we here in Eastern NC dodge the Helene bullet we feel for all those who did. We had a little rain and a little wind and a threat of some tornadoes today.
Now if we can just get our internet service back on again. We’ve been out since even before I got up.
Prayers up. :(
Good news is that Biden/what’s her face gave another eight billion to Ukraine