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
Oing to Get Out of it together. Thats what i usually did for me. Im bill, were on the California Coast and this is cnn thanks so much for joining us. Im Jessica Dean in washington alongside my colleague Jim Sciutto in tel aviv. We have Breaking News in The Middle East and also here in the u. S. That were monitoring and thats where we start in the Southeastern United States where the Death Toll from the devastating storm, Helene May is rising this afternoon. Officials now saying at least 64 people were killed across five states. And there are fears that number will likely grow scores of people remain unaccounted for, especially in parts of western North Carolina the damage there is simply catastrophic. Roads and bridges washed out destroyed entire towns remain underwater right now. And more than 2 Million people are still without power. Helene made landfall as a category four hurricane on thursday, but today, Rescue And Recovery efforts still remain a challenge many people are cut off b
Jessica dean in washington, alongside my colleague Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv. And welcome to our viewers in the u. S. Us. And around the world. Were going to begin with Breaking News as tensions in the Middle East threatened to boil over. Israel today, turning its firepower on targets in houthi controlled parts of yemen. The idf saying it atactic Power Station and a seaport. The iranbacked group is behind a recent Rocket Attacks on israel and us warship ships in the region. And this all comes as hezbollah confirmed, another of its senior leaders was killed in fridays massive israeli strike on beirut that killed the Groups Leader lets send it over now to jim in Tel Aviv jim walk us through whats happening and what these attacks on the houthi targets tell us listen, you could reliably call this a multifront War Today more than its been even in recent weeks and months. Israel says it has struck dozens of hezbollah targets near the, near a Village South of beirut. This in addition to those a
Hurricane helene continues right now our viewers in the united states and All Around The World for our special coverage of Hurricane Helene. Im michael holmes. Thanks for being with us tonight. Now, Hurricane Helene is the strongest storm ever to make landfall. Full in floridas Big Bend, sweeping across those less than two hours ago as an extremely dangerous category four with winds of 140 miles an hour. The national Weather Service describing it as unsurvivable up to 20 feet of Storm Surge expected in some areas. There have been at least two deaths reported in georgia and one in florida we have had a report of a fatality on the roadway. Car driving on i94 near Ybor City in tampa was hit when a sign fell onto onto the highway. So that just shows you that its very dangerous conditions out there. We are going to see downed Power Lines. Those are very hazardous as well, please do not mess with any down Power Lines in and around your home or anywhere. You may come in contact with them now.
Cnn breaking News Amar codes alongside John Berman. With cnns continuing coverage of Hurricane Helene, the Monster Category four storm set to make landfall just south of tallahassee, florida. And at any moment, nearly 1 Million people are already without power across florida and also georgia and the impacts they are far reaching this is new Video Tonight of rescues that are taking place in fort Myers Beach in southwest florida. Youve got local deputies using boats to rescue people who call for help. Streets. Theyre turning into rivers the warnings are dire. This is a patent strophic storm, packing can winds around 140 miles per hour and the Storm Surge Forecast or say, will be unsurvivable 20 feet in some parts. Helene is one of the biggest storms to ever hit the gulf coast. Its about 400 miles wide absolutely massive and making matters even worse all of this is happening in the dead of night. Florida governor Ron Desantis is set to hold a Press Conference a few moments from right now,