And destruction, as far as the eye can see after Western North Carolina with hammered by helene will talk to the Fema Administrator on the ground asheville, amid apocalyptic conditions as the Storm Death Toll across the southeast is rising also tonight, israel warns its heading into what its calling the next stage of its war against hezbollah as a limited Ground Invasion of Lebanon May repeat, may be imminent cnn is near israels northern border were closed Military Zone as declared by israel has been declared plus Breaking News, a Georgia Judge just struck down a State Law banning abortions beyond six weeks into a Pregnancy Standby for details on this major ruling and what happens next welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im Wolf Blitzer and youre in the Situation Room we begin with the devastation from one of the deadliest storms to hit the us in decades. At least 128 people have been killed from Helenes Onslaught in the southeast. That till almost ce
Clearing. The way Breaking News good evening youre in the cnn newsroom. Im Kaitlan Collins in New York, and we start with Breaking News this hour as the Death Toll from Hurricane Helene is now ill climbed to at least 93 people. As officials are warning us that number is only expected to grow. The North Carolina Governor, i just spoke with them in the last hour. He says over but thousand people have filed reports that Loved Ones. Theyre unable to reach them as of this bowman is several areas of his state are still in Search And Rescue Mode President biden has been briefed by fema. He is planning to visit Storm Stormravaged Areas later this week, were told and what hell see is nothing short of devastating sides of mountains have collapsed, sliding down into towns overwhelming communities with mud and debris. Entire roads have crumble of meeting that survivors have no words they out and rescue crews no way in. Cnns Rafael Romo is live for us in asheville, North Carolina, in rockville. Obv
Collapse and destroying home after home. Cars line up for the scarcity of fuel. Florida s big bend region reeling from its third hurricane in a year. Remnants of helene are still dumping rain on some areas while another storm could threaten the gulf coast next week. Our weather team times it all out. Also tonight, israel launches a large scale air operation against the houthi rebels in yemen while unleashing more attacks on targets in lebanon. Smoke is still rising from the scene where hezbollah s top leader was killed. Prime minister netanyahu insists it s the price to be paid for attacking israel. So what happens next? we re on the ground in lebanon and tel aviv. Evacuations orders outside atlanta after a fire sends toxic smoke into the air. When the flame starts out, it could become very, very dangerous roads are closed, smoke visible for miles. With just over a month until election day, former president trump blasts vice president kamala harris over her trip to the border and repea
We start this hour with some breaking news. The death toll from hurricane helene has now risen to 89. 30 of those deaths were in north carolina which has seen a record 30inches of rainfall. Nearly 2 million people are without power. And joining general honore. Good to have you on the show. Let me get your assessment from someone like you who knows the damage you re seeing right now. What do you make of the damage we re seeing across the south. Well i think you clarified the point. This was amongst the storm that attacked florida. Made its way through georgia and into north carolina and tennessee. And even parts of virginia. It s a massive storm. I dropped enormous amount of water. Not measured in inches but by a foot in some places 2foot of water dropped. It overdropped the terrain. And when you do that it s going go into the valleys. A lot of commune tips had not experienced that. And what we have seen, with condolences to everyone who lost their lives the impact of the flash flooding
New york. This is Cnn Newsroom with Paula Newton hello, and a very warm welcome to our viewers in the United States and all Around The World. Im Paula Newton. It is 8 00 am In Beirut where fears are growing that the exchange of Missile Fire between Israel And Hezbollah could now turn into a ground war. Us officials say is israeli troops have mobilized and are moving to the border with lebanon in what could be, could be preparation for a Ground Incursion Israel saying that a Ground Offensive is only one option that is currently being considered, not the idf continued their Air Offensive on saturday with blasts hitting close to the beirut airport Saturday Strikes in lebanon reportedly killed more than 30 people and wounded close to 200 others. Has belonged for its part fired back, saying it launched missiles towards jerusalem, prompting a response from israeli Air Defenses police say pieces of an interest intercepted missile crashed in the suburbs all that is happening after israel kille