Damage videos show catastrophe from Hurricane Helene in GA, FL, TN, SC, NC

Helene ripped apart the Southeast on Friday. Here are the most jaw-dropping damage reports from the surrounding states. ---
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[rosettaridge]

The USA needs to stop funding wars and brings its money home to the American people. Praying for the USA

[ginagina]

When you have a Cat. 4 coming at you, there’s not much you can do accept get out of it’s way, because that is a deadly storm and it will flatten everything in it’s path.

[BobThebuilder-pjwc]

I live in boone that little video clip doesnt do any justice.

[champie]

I'm from Philippines and we experience hurricanes and flooding each time.Surges are the worst it can sneak up on you so when they tell you to evacuate, you evacuate fast!

[DRV_Woodworks]

No where is safe. Poor people, 😢im shocked that I haven't been through anything like major flooding in my home or it being completely destroyed. I've been in florida 37 years and seen all the hurricanes. 🤞

[whatisamayadoing]

And then people are still trying to scam that’s so wicked

[RaniVeluNachar-kxlu]

Here's the scenario. Forests make watersheds. When a region experiences steady human growth over the years, forest watersheds are removed in favor of bigger roads, residential building and retail and service sector expansion.

The land looses it's ability to hold water and release it gradually through small creeks and very importantly subsurface ground water recharge.

Instead, we lose valuable water to rapid flooding and overland sheet flow.

Classic example is the low country of SC around Blufton. But the whole region is being adversely affected.


The Water God says to rebuild the great forests.

[chulavista]

Wonder what that guy's plan was with the dog and the sailboat. A 3 hour tour?

[OfficialBiziBoatRecords]

Well that’s because Maine and Massachusetts don’t get hurricanes lmao 🤣

[gabeux]

The US is more preoccupied by the safety of Israel than it is about the safety of its own citizens.

[Bro-wk]

Very sad may God's bless you all in this difficult time.

[waynesimpson]

No worries, the feds will (eventually) pickup the bill. Just keep re-building the same way in the same place.

[shadegamer_yt]

My best friend in SC..His name is Gabriel he hasn't been texting me since last 3 days after we play Roblox he goes offline just like that and when I texted him if he's was okay he isn't respond til this day.. I hope he's fine..

[bmack]

I would never live in a place that has the good chance of a disaster every year

[SamPeters-zi]

People don't realize a pint's a pound the world around so a gallon of water weighs 8 lbs. Moving water is like a brick wall.

[ar-sithf.austin]

This isnt even close to the real damage. We've seen the real damage.

[Hopscotch_]

God help our neighbors and friends in Florida. 🙏

[Bobsmithagain]

this is a tragedy but also a failure of emergency management for not having those emergency vehicles moved to a safe location ... even if it is several hundred miles away ... those vehicles are useless now the storm has passed and they need them

[noobx]

Im in GA we got hit pretty hard by the winds was driving around powerlines down and trees on houses

[Ash-kbhn]

What an absolute mess. The floods in Tennessee are crazy.