Life threatening Flash Flooding and historic Storm Surge. It left towns across the Gulf Coast completely underwater as floodwaters submerge cars, crashed over highways and seeped into homes. At least six people have lost their lives. Take a look at this, rescue crews in pinellas county, encountering homes engulfed in flames as they try to save people trapped by rising waters. Right now, helene has weakened to a tropical storm, as it heads north, putting 42 Million people under flood alerts. Millions across the south are still without power. And here is the moment when the eyewall hit perry, florida. Jesse kirsch was reporting live on the air. Reporter i can tell you that we have had intermittent moments of really powerful gusts. Were getting some right now, again. This is some of the i want to point out, i dont know if you can see it off in the distance, but there are cars out here, i can tell you, 45mileperhour winds, not to be on the roads anymore. Anyone out here, presumably, not a
Now i ll see you tomorrow evening. I m kaitlan collins. This is the source hurricane helene is about to slam into florida and i expected to make landfall and just a couple of hours from now, it s now an extremely dangerous category four storm and winds are now up to 140 miles per hour. If it stays this strong, it ll be the strongest storm to ever make landfall in florida s big bend region. That s the area that we re keeping a close eye on. This hour, more than half 1 million people there have already lost power. And forecasters are predicting tonight that the storm surge in some areas could be unsurvivable reaching as high as 20 feet surges and high winds were already the reason for the closures of several major bridges in the tampa area that we saw tonight? officials, there are telling residents to shelter in place, that it is going to get worse and don t go outside. Emergency managers and one florida county are being so blunt with their warnings for those who are in low lying areas a
Pierre thomas standing by with what weve just learned. The other breaking headline tonight, Bomb Shell allegations in the key Battleground State of North Carolina. Allegations involving the republican candidate for governor of that state. Cnn reporting republican Mark Robinson, now the lieutenant governor, made disturbing comments on a Porn Website Message board, reportedly calling himself a black nazi, among other comments he allegedly made years ago. Robinson has been endorsed by Donald Trump, who called the Candidate Martin Luther king on steroids. Abc news has yet to confirm cnns reporting. But the candidate is responding tonight, denying it was him. Tonight, after pagers were detonated, killing dozens, injuring thousandses, Hezbollahs Leader accusing israel of an act of war. The real Concern Tonight over what could come next. Martha raddatz standing by live in the region. Here in the u. S. , american Intelligence Agencies accusing iran of Election Interference. Iran allegedly hack
Plus, the chaotic scene after a passenger jet hits a bear on the runway. The problem overnight just after this historic spacex launch to the space station. What engineers had to do. From the new beer made by waffle house to a pigeon worth nearly 2 million to the ultimate hail mary pass, all the trending stories to start your week. Good monday morning, everyone. We begin with the new restrictions on schools and businesses as the coronavirus emergency takes a dangerous new turn. More than 1 million new cases have been reported in just the last week and across the country during that time the number of people in the hospital with covid has increased by 24 . We are expecting some good news about a second possible vaccine. Moderna is expected to report early results just one week after pfizer reported its vaccine is more than 90 effective against the virus. But in the meantime, some doctors are sounding the alarm about the delayed transition of power in washington, which is preventing presi
An nfl sunday unlike any other. The Denver Broncos forced to play without a true quarterback. All four of their qbs in quarantine plus, a few other firsts in football, including a running back with eight touchdowns. Plus, the community that pulled together for one texas boy who lost both his parents to covid and how they delivered a huge birthday hug for this 5yearold early today starts right now good monday morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. After one of the busiest travel days since the pandemic began, stern warnings from Health Officials against a postthanksgiving spike. The National Outbreak has been devastating, with the number of cases surpassing 4 million this month. Thats more than double octobers count. There have now been well over 13 million americans infected as travel hit peaks across the country, our blayne alexander is tracking the latest from atlantas hartfieldjackson airport. Blayne, good morning. Reporter well, phillip, good morning to you the thanksgivi