Helene now deadliest hurricane to hit US mainland since Katrina

Helene is now the deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland since Katrina nearly 20 years ago. More than 200 people are confirmed dead, with hundreds still unaccounted for.

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[itwasaliens]

"At no point were employees told they would be fired if they left the facility" is such an insulting comment. Everyone knows you risk getting fired when you leave work without permission.

[itwasaliens]

The way the water effortlessly folded a shipping container around a telephone pole is insane!

[EduardoOliveira-ec]

Helene might takes the politicians out of America

[SpiritualBabydoll]

I hate abc I’m only here for my fellow Americans

[johannedillworth]

Deaths will likely be in the thousands. It’s horrible.😢

[davidguy]

Don’t worry $750 dollars is coming to fix all of this.

[JoeyAfrika]

1:54 we live under the dictatorship of the bourgeois

[TomZart]

THE STORMS OF LIFE & MORE = 2024!!
Helene hit like an atom bomb
Consuming the helpless in its path.
The waters of the deep surged forth
Flooding everything with their wrath.

The storms of life come to everyone
There are none who are immune.
Some approach in our later years
While others come too soon.

Lifestyles will forever change
For all who survive Helene’s horror.
When it has ended, as it began
With tears, death and more.

Time wipes tears from all faces
Whose hearts are tuned to sorrow.
Those that cry a thousand tears
Shall be blessed by tomorrow.

By Tom Zart

[hairofbullets]

"I asked the boss if I could leave to save my life, and they told me I couldn't unless I left accompanied by another boss, and I agreed because otherwise they'd fire my dead cold body." What?! Form a union.

[paintingartsncrafts]

Worst Government response since Katrina, it took 6 days for FEMA to show up, NC couldn’t get approval for 6 days to leverage the Army bases nearby who begged everyday to be allowed to deploy. This is unacceptable!

[alanmorris]

I've been there, and I've done that. In 2018, both _Hurricane Florence & Hurricane Michael_ hit me back-to-back here in North Carolina. I was left without power for a month, with my next door neighbor's tree on my house. I'm thankful for Blessed Insurance.

[citizenofcorona]

It's worse because the worst hit places almost never get hit by hurricanes let alone major hurricanes so they're very vulnerable when this once in 200 year event happens.

[scott]

All high school kids watching, this is the real reason National Guard in every state exists.

[occamselectricrazor]

biden/harris priorities:
-$8.7 billion in military aid for Israel
- $8 billion in military aid for Ukraine
- $567 million in military support for Taiwan
- 750 dollars for the hurricane victims

[Kimberly-qgks]

Contact your representatives in congress to send help. It’s concerning that Mike Johnson is not doing his job.

[UmurikenEmperor]

Just sold all my videogame consoles for $500 then use it to donate to the hurricane helene victims

[electricman]

There was a hurricane hit Florida in the 1850's that made Helene, Katrina, Andrew, etc. look like spring showers. The difference is not too many people were living there then.

[ArizonaSquatch]

And the reaction by the Presidents during both storms is night and day.

[jjordan]

What are YOU doing ABC News to help????

[Shane-bxws]

And the disaster relief funds are depleted, because it was given to non-citizens