Struggling with helene s catastrophic aftermath, much of the area s famed scenic lands it s gate completely unrecognizable. Look at these visuals. It just tells you everything you need to know about the devastation and the damage from helene in buncombe county where asheville is at least 35 stormrelated deaths are reported with more than 600 people unaccounted for officials warn the death toll could go much higher. And these exclusive pictures just in to cnn showed the extent of the destruction should in asheville. What you are looking at is the main road there and biltmore village, it s near the famous biltmore estate. It s a five lane road usually pull up cars. Now, as you see a is covered in mud and debris. People walking down the middle of the road looking for supplies helene tore through the historic village, the floodwaters rising too level and pushing trailers into buildings power, and water are out and much of the city just basic necessities. People need to survive they don t t
Wide tornado has hit. Those are some of the descriptions used to talk about this heartbreaking toll of hurricane helene across the southeastern united states. Today, we learned the storm has killed at least 128 people. That number has increased since an hour ago when i reported on this hundreds of others have been reported missing. Towns, reduced to debris. We begin our coverage this hour with cnn s rafael romo. He s in western north carolina with a closeup look at this horrific destruction here for sara tim co, this freshly brewed coffee is a luxury made possible by the love of her father. I asked my daughter, are you okay. You ve just texted her and she sent me back these horrifying pictures. I mean, it looked like armageddon. That s when they ve tim cook decided to travel hundreds of miles to come to the rescue of his daughter and her family, bringing food, water, gas, and supplies, buildings down, houses, washed away i m like, oh, my god, my dollars in the middle of this and she s
Get started at frame bridge. Com or visit a store today, car winning is everything s stupid. Saturday at seven on cnn closed captioning is brought to you by sokoloff law mesothelial of victims call now $30 billion in trust money has been set aside. You may be entitled to a portion of that money all when he d heard eight, fivenine, 2,400. That s when 8085920400 unprecedented, destruction in the southeast, the scope and scale of this devastation from helene is coming into sharper focus as the death toll continues to rise. We ll go live to hard hit asheville, north carolina plus israel s defense minister says the next stage of the country s war with hezbollah will begin soon as the idf carries out new raids. In lebanon. Ahead of a potential ground incursion. And in the u. S us presidential race get ready to rumble. The two vice presidential nominee is set to hit the state stage for a highstakes moment that could be the final debate before election day what j. D. Vance and tim walz s previ
Apocalyptic weekend for all of us here in asheville, north carolina. There is almost no gas, there is almost no cell service, there is limited power, there is limited food. Bill: one person speaking on behalf of so many. Dire situation western part of north carolina. Catastrophic storm damage making it near impossible for crews to deliver the food and water to those who desperately need it. A big story day three, working on day four. Good morning. I m bill hemmer, good morning to you. Dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. The storm is gigantic and nearly 100 people are now confirmed dead from hurricane helene. 36 are in north carolina. The storm fact out roads and bridges leaving entire counties underwater. Officials describing the damage as biblical. Bill: the crews are working to restore power. They have a long way to go. 2 million people across the southeast. Also trying to bring back cell service and internet leaving families in the dark and whether or not their lov
Norah: israel warns of an imminent ground invasion in lebanon. As the united states sends thousands more troops to the middle east. We ultimately want to see a diplomatic resolution to this conflict. Norah: with one day until the cbs news vice presidential debate, how the candidates are preparing to face off. Looking forward to tomorrow. Norah: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening, and thank you for joining us from the cbs news debate stage. This is where vice presidential candidates j. D. Vance and tim walz will meet in their only debate before the election. We will have much more on that in a moment. We want to begin with the human tragedy caused by hurricane helene. More than 120 people are dead across six states. 600 are still missing. And today the president s presis homeland security advisor said toll could climb dramatically. But the full scope of the 600mile disaster is still not clear. Helene crashed into florida as a category 4 hurricane with storm surge above 1