600 people still unaccounted for in hard-hit Buncombe County, North Carolina
Lee Goldberg has the latest on the growing death toll and severe damages in the aftermath of Helene.After making landfall in Florida's Big Bend region Thursday night as a major Category 4 hurricane, Helene has caused catastrophic storm surge, wind damage and inland flooding across a wide swath of the South.
In Unicoi County in Tennessee, at least 73 people remained unaccounted for as of Sunday morning, local officials said.Helene, and a separate system earlier in the week, dumped more than 30 inches of rain on North Carolina and produced the biggest local flooding in recorded history. Record storm surge also hit the Tampa Bay area, with 7.2 feet reported in Tampa East Bay -- beating a record of 4.56 feet set in 2023.There were more than 20 reported tornadoes across five states -- Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia -- amid the storm.
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