ATLANTA, Sept 28 — Tropical Depression Helene brought life-threatening flooding on Friday to wide sections of the US Southeast, where at least 33 people have been killed by a...
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As of early Friday afternoon, the storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph , the National Hurricane Centre said. Elsewhere in Tennessee, Rob Mathis, the mayor of Cocke County, wrote on social media that the Walters dam “has suffered a catastrophic failure” and that the downtown area of the nearby city of Newport, with 36,000 people, would evacuate.
In coastal Steinhatchee, a storm surge — the wall of seawater pushed ashore by winds — of eight to 10 feet moved mobile homes, the NWS said on X. In Treasure Island, a barrier island community in Pinellas County, boats were grounded in front yards. Down the hill from his house, the storm flooded some homes with chest-deep salt water. One house caught fire and burned down, shooting 30-foot flames in the stormy sky, he said.Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said first responders were unable to answer several emergency calls from residents overnight due to the conditions. On Friday, county authorities found at least five people dead.
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