Hurricane Helen, which arrived from the Atlantic, continues to ravage the southeastern United States. To date, the death toll, according to preliminary estimates, has reached 49 people, including a child.
According to CNN, in several states, populated areas were destroyed, electricity was cut and many homes were left in the flood zone. In many places this occurred even before the main impact of the disaster occurred.
The hardest hit region is the Big Bend region of Florida, which was hit first by the strongest Category 4 hurricane in history.
Deaths were reported in South and North Carolina, Florida and Georgia. In Virginia, one person was killed by a tornado that downed a tree and caused a building to collapse.
According to the PowerOutage.us service, more than a million homes and businesses remain without electricity in North Carolina, in other states the number of consumers without electricity reaches hundreds of thousands;
Now “Helen” has weakened its power a little, but it is still quite destructive. Hurricane-force winds and heavy rains have hit the east of the country.
In the United States, Helen has already been called the storm of the century. The wind speed at the epicenter reached 200 kilometers per hour.
Previously EADaily He reported that in Florida authorities urged residents to evacuate the most dangerous areas. And those who decided not to leave their homes at their own risk were asked to write personal information on their hands for possible identification.
