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
It states Hurricane Helene was just upgraded. A powerful category three storm. Its already wreaking havoc on bridges and roadways such as this one youre looking at in Southwest Florida for those in the Big Bend, thats where the Florida Panhandle meets the peninsula. The storms Outer Bands all already have brought extensive flooding. And were told that works is yet to come. Listen to what federal and state officials are saying right now, it looks like its dead on hit to tallahassee. This is an unusually dangerous storm that threatens to bring Heavy Rain and potentially catastrophic flooding. This will be a statewide event. We expect strong winds throughout date with hurricaneforce Winds Wind Gust up to 8,200 miles an hour you just heard from the North Carolina Governor and the Georgia Governor we are standing by to hear from florida governor Ron Desantis in the next hour. And as you heard, it is not just florida in helenes pam, georgia, south carolina, North Carolina, are all all facing
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