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 three states this morning. Joining us now, nbcs reporter, florida was the first place the Storm Hit. What are you seeing there . And im seeing George Solis there, who we will have on shortly. There is guad, also with us priscilla thomson. Guad, lets begin with you. Reporter total destruction in this area. So we are on treasure island. This is one of the islands on what they call the barrier islands, furthest west from the Tampa Bay Area, and i dont even know where to start here. So, the sand you
We start this hour with some breaking news. The death toll from hurricane helene has now risen to 89. 30 of those deaths were in north carolina which has seen a record 30inches of rainfall. Nearly 2 million people are without power. And joining general honore. Good to have you on the show. Let me get your assessment from someone like you who knows the damage you re seeing right now. What do you make of the damage we re seeing across the south. Well i think you clarified the point. This was amongst the storm that attacked florida. Made its way through georgia and into north carolina and tennessee. And even parts of virginia. It s a massive storm. I dropped enormous amount of water. Not measured in inches but by a foot in some places 2foot of water dropped. It overdropped the terrain. And when you do that it s going go into the valleys. A lot of commune tips had not experienced that. And what we have seen, with condolences to everyone who lost their lives the impact of the flash flooding
All you watching us here in the United States, canada, and around the world. This is Cnn Newsroom. Im Kim Brunhuber Live In Atlanta im Becky Anderson in in israel for you, we are following the very latest developments, say here in The Middle East, following the israeli airstrike in lebanon that killed Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. Will there are no signs of a letup in israels strikes on lebanon, despite new fears of a wider war in the region in recent hours, israel conducted new airstrikes in the South And East of the country, killing at least ten people according to lebanese state news agency, thats on the heels of a series of strikes that reportedly killed more than 1,000 others over the past week. But the u. S. Says, israel is also moving troops to the border with lebanon. Thats the border in the south of lebanon, of course, are possible sign of preparations for a limited cross border incursion. Israel says a Ground Operation is only one of the options. It is considering we nee
You watching us here in the United States, canada, and around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Im Kim Brunhuber, Live In Atlanta were following the latest developments in the Middle East, following the israeli airstrike in lebanon that killed Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah the israeli strikes have been going on for days now and theyre showing no signs of letting up despite new fears. Of a wider war in the region of a look here, we have new video from lebanon showing some of the damage from todays israeli airstrikes in lebanon. Lebanons State News Agency says, the Sunday Strikes have killed at least ten people. Meanwhile, weve just heard from the idf that a number of projectiles have been fired from lebanon lebanon, into israel now all this is happening as the u. S. Says, israel is moving troops to the border with lebanon. A possible sign of preparations for a crossborder incursion. Israel says a Ground Operation is only one of the options. Its considering we need to understand there
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