Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter, and awaiting rescue on Saturday—as the cleanup began after the tempest that killed at.
Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter, and awaiting rescue on Saturday—as the cleanup began after the tempest that killed at least 52 people, caused widespread destruction across the US Southeast, and left millions without power. Helene blew ashore in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday packing winds of 140mph and then quickly moved through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee, uprooting trees, splintering homes and sending creeks and rivers over their banks, churning up tornadoes and straining dams. «It looks like a bomb went off», said Georgia Gov.