Floods and landslides in Myanmar caused by Typhoon Yagi and monsoon rains have killed at least 226, state media say
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The Canadian Press11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding. Only 5 were rescued
As the rain from Hurricane Helene came down harder and harder, workers inside a plastics factory in rural Tennessee kept working. It wasn’t until water flooded into the parking lot and the power went out that the plant shut down and sent workers home.
- The Canadian Press
Soul-searching and regret over unheeded warnings follow Helene's destruction
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Before Hurricane Helene’s landfall last week, the National Weather Service began an all-out blitz to alert emergency planners, first responders and residents across the Southeast that the storm’s heavy rains and high winds could bring disaster hundreds of miles from the coast.
- HuffPost
Dog Saved From 20-Foot Tree After Being Swept Away In Helene Flooding
"Them finding that dog yesterday was a bright spot in the middle of this chaos,” said a rescue official, nearly a week after the storm decimated the area.
- Miami Herald
‘An empty feeling.’ At Helene’s Florida landfall, few have insurance to help rebuild
Fewer than 5% of people in Taylor County, where it made landfall, have flood insurance.
- Bradenton Herald
For Tampa Bay, Helene was the worst storm in a century
It’s been 103 years since the famed 1921 direct hit.
- The Canadian Press
Shock of deadly floods is a reminder of Appalachia’s risk from violent storms in a warming climate
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Helene dumped trillions of gallons of water hundreds of miles inland, devastating communities nestled in mountains far from the threat of storm surge or sea level rise. But that distance can conceal a history of flooding in a region where water races into populated towns tucked into steep valleys.
- Sky News
Shoreham air crash pilot applies to get flying licence back
The pilot involved in the Shoreham Airshow crash, that led to the deaths of 11 people, is appealing against the decision to revoke his flying licence. Eleven men were killed when Mr Hill failed to complete a manoeuvre and crashed into the A27 during the Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex, on 22 August 2015. Mr Hill was charged with 11 counts of manslaughter by gross negligence but was found not guilty in March 2019, after a trial.
- Fox Weather
Investigators probe Tennessee plastics factory after deaths during Helene flooding
Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, authorities are investigating an East Tennessee plastics plant where numerous workers were swept away by floodwaters.
- The Daily Beast
Survivors Say Factory Boss Made Them Stay at Work During Deadly Flood
Survivors blasted a Tennessee plastics company for keeping workers on the job on Friday even as nearby flood waters rose, causing 11 people to be swept away when the plant was finally evacuated.At least three people were killed and three remain missing, one of the survivors told local TV station WJHL 11. The others clung to floating plastic pipes and were dumped half a mile away on a pile of debris, another survivor, Jacob Ingram, told the Knoxville News Sentinel.Managers at Impact Plastics in E
- The Canadian Press
Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Isolated and without electricity or phone service since Hurricane Helene inflicted devastation across the Southeast nearly a week ago, residents in the mountains of western North Carolina are relying on old-fashioned ways of communicating and coping.
- CNN
A week after Helene struck the Southeast, power outages and impassable roads stymie recovery as death toll reaches 213
A week ago, Helene was plowing into Florida, thrashing cities and towns on the Gulf Coast while millions of people ahead of the hurricane’s path were dealing with rains that preceded even more rain. Forecasters warned of impacts that would be felt far inland.
- The Canadian Press
Helene's flooding swept away 11 workers at a Tennessee factory. Now the state is investigating
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state authorities said Wednesday they were investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers were swept away by cataclysmic flooding unleashed by Hurricane Helene.
- The Independent
Hurricane Helene death toll passes 200 across the six states most devastated by the storm
Hundreds more are still thought to be missing, though many may simply be disconnected from their families due to lack of power and communications, authorities have said
- The Canadian Press
As search for Helene's victims drags into second week, sheriff says rescuers 'will not rest'
PENSACOLA, N.C. (AP) — The search for victims of Hurricane Helene dragged into its second week on Friday, as exhausted rescue crews and volunteers continued to work long days — navigating past washed out roads, downed power lines and mudslides — to reach the isolated and the missing.
- USA TODAY
'Nothing like this': National Guard rushes supplies to towns cut off by Helene
One member of the North Carolina National Guard delivered supplies to his own church.
- CBC
CBC's Natasha Fatah talks to Chef José Andrés about feeding communities hit by Hurricane Helene
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- Reuters
78 drown after boat capsizes in Congo's Lake Kivu, provincial governor says
GOMA (Reuters) -At least 78 people drowned when a boat carrying 278 passengers capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, a provincial governor said. Relatives sobbed on shore as victims were placed in body bags and carried away, a Reuters witness said, and video footage shared widely online showed a packed multi-deck vessel listing sideways in calm waters before it overturned and pitched flailing passengers into the lake. The governor of South Kivu province, said the death toll was 78 and that 278 had been on board.
- Yahoo News
Helene aftermath: 2 dead, 4 missing as workers at Tennessee plastics factory say they weren’t allowed to leave until it was ‘too late’
An investigation is underway into allegations by workers at the plant who say they were told to keep working until it was too late.
- BBC
Helene is deadliest mainland US hurricane since Katrina
Hundreds of people are still missing and nearly a million homes are without power a week after the storm tore across the US south-east.
- Associated Press
The search for the missing hits snags at every corner as Helene's death toll tops 200
Rescue crews and volunteers facing obstacles at every turn in North Carolina’s remote mountains paddled canoes across swollen rivers and steered horses past mudslides in the rush to reach those stranded or missing by Hurricane Helene’s rampage that killed more than 200 throughout the Southeast. Now a week since the storm first roared onto Florida’s Gulf Coast, the search continued for people who have yet to be heard from in places where phone service and electricity were knocked out. Roughly half the victims were in North Carolina, while dozens more were killed in South Carolina and Georgia.