The deadly storm Helene, now a tropical depression, is dumping devastating rains on southern Appalachia, particularly in western North Carolina, where officials told residents to consider all roads closed.
Around 30 storm-related deaths have been reported in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, and the numbers are expected to rise as cleanup begins. Heavy winds and tornado warnings are expected to continue throughout the day.
Here’s some of what we’re following:
- People who live downstream from the Lake Lure Dam near Asheville, N.C., were being told to get to higher ground immediately.
- Helene was moving at a fast-paced 30 mph, a speed that allowed it to deliver a prodigious storm surge.
- Watch the Coast Guard rescue a man and his dog from a sinking boat, and a TV news reporter rescue a woman from her car.
