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Im John Berman and tallahassee, florida. This is our special live coverage of now tropical storm helene, a pass not far from me in tallahassee overnight as a hurricane. But look at what it is doing now In Atlanta a Flash Flood Emergency can see in place for atlanta, eight inches of rain there so far, several inches more expected the mayor, Andre Dickens told us moments ago, stay inside, do not go out On The Road boats In Atlanta right now because those pictures right there, that is what you will face rising dangerous waters you know what were going to check in with florida governor Ron Desantis to get an update on what the storm did in this state. Listen which took a similar track. It was similar strength, maybe a little bit weaker. But you are seeing significantly more stern Storm Surge in places like Tampa Bay. Were also saw major Storm Surge, of course, in the Big Bend region. We did report that there was a Traffic Fatality last night we also this morning can report that theres been another fatality reported in Dixie County due to a tree falling on the home during the storm overnight, as soon as the storm as soon as it was safe to do and even in many cases probably wasnt perfectly safe to do. Search and rescue operations were conducted to help people that were in distress and transport them to safety. These missions continue. But weve had thousands of mission successfully completed in the overnight hours throughout the state this is our local First Responders. This is local in conjunction with State Assets and State Assets directly going in and effectuating rescues. And thats the National Guard thats florida fish and wildlife. Thats all the assets we had available to help support these rescue efforts. And all the calls that any State Officials responded to last night, we were able to find the person or people or pan pets and bring them to safety. And so thats a contrast from some of the things that we saw. For example, at hurricane ian. Now its still early theyre going to have those folks who were responding to those calls. Theyre going to be doing broader Search And Rescue in those areas that did get hit with significant Storm Surge and see if theres any any other problems or if theres any folks that are still left behind. But as of now we dont have reports of that. And so those missions were successful and those missions saved a lot of lives. So i want to thank all the First Responders are folks working for the sheriffs department, fire rescue. Of course, all our State Assets, everyone was ready to go and it made a big difference for what was really historic Storm Surge in different parts of the state. We have currently as of 6 00 a. M. A. M. 1. 24 million accounts without power throughout the state of florida. Since the storm has begun, there have been 1. 16 million accounts that have already been restored as of 6 00 a. M. We have 382,000 accounts for duke, 284,000 for the coops, 253,000 for the muniz 233,000 for fpl, 77,000 for teco and 11,000 for fpu so those Restoration Efforts are underway. Theyve been really been gone to going on the entire time as, as people have lost power. And so i think youre going to see some, some progress on that throughout today as of now, we have a number of severely impacted counties with over 30 of the power out alachua, 55 out baker at 6 bradford, 65 out citrus, 34 out clay 33 out columbia, 99 out dixie, 92 , gilchrist, 87 hamilton, 99 , jefferson at 3 , lafayette, 81 , leon, 44 levy at 83 , liberty, 33 , madison, 99 , nassau, 57 , pinellas, 41 polk, 33 , sawani, 99 , taylor, 99 union at 86 . What cosine to florida governor Ron Desantis give an update on the impacts from what Hit Florida as Hurricane Helene as a category four storm big Bend Area of florida, 140 mile an hour, winds at impact. Governor desantis reports now two deaths in florida from this storm. We understand five deaths overall as you move up north into georgia and North Carolina, the governor reporting more than 1 Million customers currently without power in florida, although the power has been restored to another million who had lost power at one point, the Storm Surge along the coast, Tampa Clearwater South record setting worst maybe in some cases, then they were expecting still assessing some of the damage. There hundreds and hundreds of water rescues overnight. Now how the storm has moved up into georgia and North Carolina. Lets get right to Isabel Rosales, who is in asheville, North Carolina witnessing really just serious treacherous rising water there. Isabel. Good morning to you. Hey, john. Good morning to you. I just spoke to you like a couple of minutes ago. I dont know if you remember the manhole then but look at this now completely overwhelmed all of these Drainage Systems overwhelmed by all of the Storm Surge. This is actually on higher grounds. You can see the water just continuing to come over here and pooling into low lying areas. Look at that Drainage Venting System over here. This is just going to get worse and theres a few conditions at play here asheville has two major rivers here. This want to know, know a river and then also the French Broad River levels for the river even before helene impacts were felt here were at ten feet tall through helene. Experts here are forecasting it to reach another ten feet. Then you had all of this rainfall that came in around wednesday again, a different Storm System that poured over eight inches were expecting with that and then he lead for over 20 inches of rainfall to fall. Were looking at a one in 1,000 Year Rain Event here the national Weather Service has warned people that this is going to be a significant Weather Event here, unlike what weve seen in modern times for this region. So the conditions are just getting worse and worse. I can see the water starting to come up higher. I can see Trash Cans back there. I dont know if the camera can capture that. Just starting to wall really with the winds to these like that heavy, powerful gusts of wind coming through. Officials are also worried about something else here with this mountainous area. And that is landslides i spoke with the Asheville Fire chief, Mike Michael Case yesterday. He told me that thats really his biggest fear. Hes worried that the sediment underneath these businesses, these homes, that are carved into the mountain sides that thats in a precarious situation. Hes worried that with all of this rain Storm Surge, thats going to get into the sediment it could lead to landslides and collapse. And collapse of these structures. Hes told me that theyve got a Fema Team here with them embedded with them at the ready. They are experts in Search And Rescue. If it comes to that, there is a Press Conference happening here in the 10 00 hour were hoping to get more details as to the send of the impacts here in the asheville area, john just extraordinary images from asheville, North Carolina. You can see the Drainage System they are simply overwhelmed in this will get worse as more rain falls there. Isabel rosales stay safe and continue to keep us posted and maybe continued to move to higher ground over the next several minutes. Lets go to atlanta now, cnn senior national correspondent Ryan Young is In Atlanta where there is a Flood Emergency as well. Brian, what are you seeing yeah, absolutely. John, look, the water has been just admits and people were surprised when they came out this morning and solve when weve been showing you these images of cars that have been flooded and this water has really threatened some of the homes here. In fact, i have two gentlemen who just waded through the water to get up to this location. I was asking you guys earlier. Obviously you had an email about your cars, but so you live back there, shelby the line and telling you how high the water . Yes. Im about five or ten were talking about threeandahalf, maybe four feet of water at its High Point were talking to sudans almost completely submerged hatchback is coming open and its insane. Where do you guys surprised this morning when you open your doors and you saw all of this what was your first class will be open the door. I was like, this is insane. This is like something you would see on the news and then i saw some cars underwater and i checked my car and i was very fortunate i parked at a High Point, so my car was not submerged. Yeah, there is a creek that runs behind this were in the bucket area. Tell me about the creaky saw last night even starting to go up a little yes. Actually, last afternoon, i went out there. It was pretty high and then i want again last night it was even higher and then i woke up this morning and the creeks all the way up to this level and flooded the whole Parking Lot crazy. You guys both told me youve never seen it like this before. You slept through it, were you surprised to see how dangerous this could have been, especially for the neighbors who live in the first floor . Yeah, absolutely its some of these apartments arent elevated like ours are in there youd probably see maybe a foot of water in there which is super unfortunate, were fortunate to be on the second floor but yeah. Thank you, guys. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. Nice to meet you guys. So john, obviously youre talking to folks who had to wade through the water just to get to a dry location . The other. Side of this, Weve Seen Dozens of cars that Cant Move because they are still within the floodwater. We know this scene has been repeated throughout the city of atlanta. We know more within 25 rescues happen with the Atlanta Fire Department of being able to jump in this morning and actually had to use boats to get some people out of their homes. And when we have that video i think its going to be a lot of people going to remember of that baby that have been rescued from a car that happened early this morning as well. So you see that process in terms of them having to rescue people, were the water of more than eight inches coming into the Atlanta Area so very quickly and of course, were still expecting more rain. The good news is we have had heavy Wind Gusts so far but they havent been substantial in terms of sustaining themselves for several hours. So that has been the good part as with trees falling all across the Area And Power being out as you look back this direction and those men are getting to take that long walk back toward their apartment as they surveyed everything. But theyre going to have to go back in that waist deep water as i deal with those flooding situations john more of a Long Wade back to their apartment rather than a long walk at this point, given all the water there, Ryan Young at atlanta, keep us posted and again, the ground is so saturated they are itll be some time before its really safe to move about in the same its true. And tallahassee, i have to say we just heard some cracking up in the trees. Theyre making us wonder if maybe a branch or one of these williams that was waterlogged last night was beginning to fall, but it doesnt look like anything new is coming down there. Lets get to Cnn Meteorologist Allison Chinchar at the weather center allison, where is the storm . Now, how much more rain will bring particularly we were looking at asheville, North Carolina, Isabel Rosales just standing in gushing water there yeah. So its still going to be quite a while before they see an end to that rain. Now, atlanta might be a different story. Maybe start to see things begin to dry out here in about an hour or so from now and granted, theres so much water, its going to take time for that water to go away. Its going to be a different story for western North Carolina. Youve got some of these areas that are going to see rain for at least another two to three hours before it ends. And then states like tennessee and kentucky, where the bulk of the rain is just now starting to enter there. Its going to be quiet quite some time. You still have Tornado Warnings also in effect for portions of south and North Carolina. Thats going to continue throughout the rest of the day today. But the flooding is really going to be the biggest widespread concern. All of these areas where you see green, that is a flood watch, meaning the potential is there for flooding throughout the day today, the Red Color thats where flooding is ongoing theres already happening. Were seeing the water continue to rise over the streets. And then these white shaded areas, those are Flash Flood emergencies. That is the highest possible level you can get an a flood alert. You still have these two in effect for in and around the Atlanta Metro Area and some of the suburbs that go around it, then you have several, most of them western North Carolina, it appears heres to be under some type of Flash Flood Emergency that does include the city of asheville where Isabel Rosales is located, more of that rain is going to continue to funnel into those areas. But even after it ends, remember these things take time to go back down. The winds are also still gusting, almost 50 miles an hour, and colombia, 52 in charlotte, a lot of these areas still im going to be looking at the wind, the rain will end first. The wind will take at least another two to four hours before the wind starts to calm down, even after the rain has ended all right. Allison chinchar. Thank you very much for that update. Obviously, something thats going to be affecting people for some time with us now, is the mayor of tallahassee. Where i am John Dailey, mayor. Thank you so much for being with us. This may be the last time we talked because i get the Sense Tallahassee doing okay. This morning shining. That is for sure. And its a beautiful day outside yeah. Look, when the storm took a jog to the east, it made landfall 57 miles away from tallahassee. So we did not have the brunt of the storm you know, my thoughts and prayers are with my neighbors down on the coast over in taylor county, the good people over there. Nonetheless, we did we did have some damage. Weve got about 50,000 customers without power representing about 40 . Thats down from 50 earlier this morning. But look, hats off to the great men and women mean of the city of tallahassee out there on the frontlines. Our First Responders, the utility workers. They got out there to 3 00 in the morning as soon as the storm passed, did the initial assessment started working on the utility lines. Are Wastewater System worked or Water System worked or stormWater System worked. We had no flooding, no reported deaths but we do need to get out there and were putting the Electricity Backup so we can get everybody to turn back on. We had about 50 roads that were blocked so weve gotten a lot of work we need to do in this community by no stretch of the imagination, are we done . We have just begun, but it could have been much worse. That is correct. Mayor John Dailey have to say really was remarkable. We were out looking, starting at about 4 00 a. M. To see some of the damage. And already at that point, the trees were being removed from the roads, opened up again just incredible work, incredible preparation to make sure the city can get back on its feet. Mayor John Dailey. Thank you for hosting us. 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