Emergency Disaster Declarations News Today

Right now theres widespread devastation, and an urgent search for survivors. The storm decimated towns with historic flooding washing out bridges and roads, and leaving some neighborhoods completely under water. Take a look at asheville, North Carolina, where homes and trucks were swept away by Raging Waters that have turned roads into rivers. At this hour, more than 2 Million people across the south are without power, hundreds are still unaccounted for. Well have live Team Coverage from across ...

Good day. Im Chris Jansing, live at Msnbc Headquarters in new York City. An unthinkable tragedy on every level, with communities torn apart, with the Death Toll from Hurricane Helene rising almost by the hour, the focus shifts now to the basics. Food, water, gas, power, as Tens Of Thousands plead for help that for many still hasnt come. The president says that help is on the way, but how long can people hold out . Plus, after killing Hezbollahs Leader, israel issues a stark warning to the rest o...

>> this is a fox news alert im ashley strohmier several people are still missing following a devastating tornado in kentucky. kentucky governor andy says hes, quote, certain more than 70 people are dead but the number of dead could rise to more than 100. president biden has approved emergency disaster declarations for kentucky and share the message for all states affected. >> i thought folks in all of the states to know were going to get there and get through this together and federal government...

That. john harwood live at the white house. another major story this hour, the united states coming face-to-face with the climate crisis. not future. but very much present. and unprecedented series of once in a century weather events and all at the same time, historic flooding and tornados in the north east. incredible damage from hurricane ida in louisiana. and raging wildfires burning out of control in the west. the death toll continues to climb from wednesdays catastrophic flooding in the nor...

>> reporter: hi there, andrea, certainly a lot to take in for this community. a few moments ago we actually saw marine one fly over this area, as the president and the first lady toured the devastation here in beauregard, alabama. a tornado tore through this area carving a 70-mile path of destruction through eastern alabama and georgia, one of several tornadoes that ripped across the south just a few days ago. andrea, as you mentioned, 23 people were killed in this tornado outbreak. more than 90...

>> reporter: dozens of counties throughout texas were under emergency disaster declarations while thousands evacuated in oklahoma. in densely populated houston, over 11 inches of rain turning many streams into rivers. flooding residential areas and leaving over 80,000 residents without power. >> i kept calling them over and over and i was like, are you okay, are you okay? >> reporter: in the tourpwn of we rememberly southwest of austin over 400 homes is swept away. >> we have roadways like i jus...