Devastating flooding and even though the storm has weakened to a tropical storm since making Land Fall official, say that its still poses a deadly threat to take a very seriously. So far, six states have declared a State Of Emergency millions of people across the region are without power and at least seven stormrelated deaths have been reported. At any minute. Now were going to hear from Governor Roy Cooper about the storms impact in North Carolina. But for first i want to bring in Isabel Rosales and asheville, North Carolina as well. Were getting these reports of catastrophic flooding there. What are you seeing pam, lets move the camera. He shall see it for yourself right here. The amount of debris that these floodwaters are just up bringing into whats a road right here looking at it as this was a Metal Propane Tank of some sort that was another one back there looking at Garbage Bags back here some sort of a metal container. It is just incredible what these floodwaters are dragging th
We want to extends a special welcome to our Fox News viewers. Im meteorologist are arti from our studios here in new York City and weve been covering helene over the last several hours over the last several days. This has been an extremely well forecast storm, before it even formed down in the western caribbean. It looked like something like this was going to happen, so again, we still have technically a Hurricane Storm and Hurricane Center will probably see it downgraded slowly throughout the night, but one unique thing about helene, this particular storm is that it was very large, right . So large storms take a longer time to lose their strength as they move inland so you look up here to the north. Not only do we have a long Wind Damage to get, were going to see some hikely catastrophic rain, and i want to bring Ian Oliver. He started out in st. Petersburg beach and hes now made the trek over to tampa, so kind of on the other side of town, and ian, whether you started on the of other
Watching at this very moment to take this storm very seriously, and please follow the guidance of your local officials. The Storm Storm Surge is well beyond the immediate path of the mur cane, could be significant and deadly for you and your Familys Sake Everyone near the path listen to local officials. 20 foot Storm Surge, you cant good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, September 27th im jonathan lemire, and we start this morning with Breaking News out of florida, where Hurricane Helene just a moment ago downgraded to tropical Storm Helene, Made Landfall as a category 4, making it at the time the strongest hurricane to ever hit floridas Big Ben at this hour the storm has indeed weakened, but forecasters warn it could still bring life threatening winds and unsurvivable Storm Surge with waters reaching as high as 20 feet in some places. So far the devastating impact has led to three it deaths, one in florida, two in georgia. At least 1 Million florida customers remai
Theyre going to delay the interests until they have to pay it or to start to repay that loan and its a tremendous resource to really help small businesses get back on their feet decide where to position yourself tomorrow with The Storm made. Were listening here to the fema administrator, deanne criswell. She is giving an update on Hurricane Helene, which is intensifying and which is huge. It is now on the verge of becoming a category three. It is barreling towards the Southeastern Us and she is warning so much of the Storm Surge that we are expecting already seen tropical storm conditions as we are looking towards this landfall that is expected here in the coming hours, but already there are parts of florida were seeing it here underwater as these conditions are battering the coast, the national Weather Service is Warning Breaching of the bay. I was over there maybe about an hour ago and you could see that some of the water because of the rough seas and the strong winds have started to
Northward. It is currently getting strength in the Gulf Of Mexico. Landfall expected later this evening. The Governor Desantis will bring us updates. A big morning on capitol hill. The Task Force on the first Trump Assassination Attempt about to hold its first hearing. With It Nevoses are state and local police out of pennsylvania. It begins 30 minutes from now and well watch that as well. First time weve heard from The House side, okay . This is one of the rare times we have heard from her, watch. Can we trust you . Yes, yes. Am i perfect . But i will tell you i will always put the needs of the people first. Bill more from Kamala Harriss first Solo Sitdown Interview coming up. First live to tallahassee. The governor is on time as he normally is. Here we go. Make landfall as a major hurricane, as a category 3 or 4. It is moving fast. More rainfall is expected and it could lead to significant Storm Surge in our coastal areas. So we are prepared for that, of course. And well see what hap