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Hurricane Helene Claims Lives of at Least 100 People in Southeastern United States

Hurricane Helene Claims Lives of at Least 100 People in Southeastern United States

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At least 107 people have been killed in six states across the US southeast, following destructive floods caused by Hurricane Helene. The storm made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region as a category 4 hurricane, leaving over 2.1 million homes and businesses without power. Rescue operations are ongoing, with supplies being airlifted to isolated areas, including the city of Asheville. Power cuts, supply shortages, and communication disruptions have been reported in the affected regions.

Ryan Cole
1. This is the most significant natural disaster that any one of us has ever seen.
US National Weather Service
1. Additional rainfall is not expected to exacerbate ongoing flooding but may lead to excessive runoff due to saturated soils.
Esther Manheimer
1. We know the death toll will rise. I hope and pray it doesn't rise much at all, but we're prepared for the worst.
2. We don't want people to assume that's going to happen quickly; we need to make sure people understand that this is something they should plan for long term. They need to keep water for drinking, for flushing toilets, for things like that – Don't assume this is going to end anytime soon.
Avril Pinder
1. My staff has been making every request possible to the state for support and we've been working with every single organization that has reached out. What I promise you is that we are very close.
2. We don't have water, and we do not have power across most of the county ... the roads are still incredibly dangerous.
3. If you will bear with us and be patient one more day — I hate to say that but I know how desperate water is in our community — but we are pushing as hard as we can to get them up the mountain.
4. We've been going door to door, making sure that we can put eyes on people and see if they're safe.
Kamala Harris
Democratic Party
1. We will stand with these communities for as long as it takes to make sure that they are able to recover and rebuild.
Joe Biden
Democratic Party
1. The devastation we're witnessing in Hurricane Helene's wake has been overwhelming.
2. Communities are devastated, loved ones waiting to hear if [folks] are OK, many unsure if they can return to their homes, when or ever. There is nothing like wondering, is my husband, wife, son, daughter, mother, father alive, many more who remain without electricity, water, food and communications.
Roy Cooper
Democratic Party
1. Many people are cut off because the roads are impassable.
2. We don't know how many because search and rescue operations are still going on.
3. So we're depending a lot on air power, helicopters with hoist capacity to get supplies in.
4. We know that there are people missing, and we know that there's going to be significant fatalities at the end of this and our prayers and our hearts go out to these families.
5. This storm has brought catastrophic devastation... of historic proportions.
6. This is an unprecedented tragedy that requires an unprecedented response.
7. We're working to surge supplies in. The emotional and physical toll here is indescribable. Rivers are still rising, so the danger is not over.
8. There are a lot of people hurting. When you don't have power, when you don't have cellphone service, when you don't have water, this is a catastrophic situation for you.
Deanne Criswell
Federal Emergency Management Agency
1. I don't know that anybody could be fully prepared for the amount of flooding and landslides they are having right now.
2. We're hearing (of) significant infrastructure damage to water systems, communication, roads, critical transportation routes, as well as several homes that have been just destroyed by this.

Hurricane Helene Claims Lives of at Least 100 People in Southeastern United States

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