Right here, its apocalyptic. I mean looking at that and were going to hear, i know you had on your show people on the ground there my show also going to talk to some of the residents who are climbing out of this with kids, trying to juggle that with schools being closed, figuring out a place to live, where to get water, food. It is an ongoing crisis for these people, and were going to continue to shine a spotlight jim, thanks so much. Ill take it from here you bet. And good morning, everyone. You are live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Pamela Brown in washington, and we begin this hour with exclusive new video Into Cnn that will give you more perspective on the scope and the scale of the catastrophe in the southeast and what people are dealing with right now in this very moment. You are looking at the wounds of asheville, North Carolina one of the cities that Helene Hit the hardest. Take a look here. This is the river arts district, just more than a week ago. It was a vibrant, beautiful area
Them morning. You were live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We are following Breaking News this Morning Disaster in Western North Carolina as one North Carolina official put it the devastation is quote biblical large swaths are completely cut off in that area. Official say, all roads there are considered closed. These are exclusive pictures coming into cnn showing the destruction in asheville. What you are looking at is the main Road And Biltmore village near the famous biltmore estate. Its a five lane road, usually full of cars now, its covered in debris and mud. People walking down the Middle Of The Road looking for supplies that as a comment in sight these days, helene tore through the historic village, the floodwaters. You can see right here rising to Roof Level and pushing trailers and to buildings, Power And Water are out in much of the city. This is a transform where you can see it right there just lying in the Middle Of The Road leaking fluid. Its been there f
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Is Cnn Newsroom. We begin with Breaking News as we track Hurricane Helene, its now the strongest storm to ever make landfall in floridas Big Bend, sweeping across the coast hours ago as an extremely dangerous category four hurricane with winds of 140 miles per hour. Now the effects have been felt far from the center of the storm. The mayor of clearwater told me his community has been inundated despite being 100 miles from the center now, helene is weakening now but has knocked out power to more than 1,000,000. 5 homes and businesses in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. At least three people have been killed as the storm continues to pummel the southeast to end georgia. And one in florida we have had a report of a fatality on the roadway. Car driving on i4 near your Ybor City and tampa, was hit when a sign fell onto onto the highway. So that just shows you that its very dangerous. Chris conditions out there you need to be right now. Just hunkering down nows not the time to be going o