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As of 4:40 p.m., Virginia State Police Aviation assets from Abingdon, Va., along with assets from Ballad Health and the Tennessee National Guard, have completed the rescue of approximately 54 people from the roof of the Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tenn.

⚠️A Flash Flood Warning for Dam Failure has been issued downstream of the Nolichucky Dam due to imminent dam failure being reported by TVA. Please heed any evacuation orders and never drive into floodwaters.

‼️ Some context to the record-level water flow at Tennessee Valley Authority Nolichucky Dam overnight. Max regulated release data exists dating to 1901. Previous Record (1977) 82,000 CFS / 613,000 GPS Last Night (approx 2-3 a.m. ET) 162,000 CFS / 1.2M GPS Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) NWS Morristown

This shatters my heart. God bless the EMS personnel who left everything on the ground and moved sick and elderly to the roof by hand to save their lives. 📍Erwin, TN

This family needs to airlifted out ASAP. #ncwx NC National Guard @NCPublicSaftey

These are photos from the Erwin/Unicoi County area. Aerial assessments are underway and we're sending our crews out to the hardest hit areas. #easttn #helene #stormcleanup #damage #roadconditions

To the residents of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia:

Here is what was the water intake plant. According to GWC, it was completely underwater. Via the GWC:

THREAD: Today we flew in Chopper9 for nearly 5 hours to get a look at the damage in Western North Carolina. What we saw was devastating. WSOCTV These are some of the images: 📍Riverside Dr NW Charlotte

Made it to Asheville, NC. We have setup Starlink for public use. We are arranging a centralized spot for anyone else to use it. Will update. This area needs every single bit of help they can get. Nick Sortor

Chopper Nine flies over Hurricane Helene damage across NC wsoctv.com/news/local/cho…

Update: Tenn. National Guard says rescue and relief efforts continue 2 days post-Helene. 📸Citizens in East Tennessee affected by Hurricane Helene being airlifted to safely by a Tennessee National Guard Blackhawk helicopter from Knoxville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion9/28

This shows the terminus of all the flash floods and debris flows from the Chimney Rock, NC area. This debris is basically the town of Chimney Rock

PLEASE SHARE: Volunteers and complete strangers are coming together with privately owned helicopters to bring emergency supplies in, and help people get out of the hardest hit communities in Western North Carolina. They're asking for donations to help cover the cost of fuel,

TEMA: 109 people are missing from Unicoi and Washington counties.

This is from Newport. If this doesn’t put a pit in your stomach then you need help.

Unreal footage sent by viewer David Rhode that his family took from Hendersonville, N.C. His second home used to be across the street, but has been completely wiped out from #Helene Live5News #WesternNorthCarolina #HeleneFlooding

Really sad day at Scripps News. Hiring managers - you are going to be getting a lot of applications soon from super talented people with Scripps News on their resume. My advice? Hire them. Everyone of them has a passion and love for journalism that is second to none.

It's midnight in Georgia...the moment we've been waiting for! Jimmy Carter is now officially 100 years old!! 🥳 Happy birthday, Mr. President!!! 🎂  The Carter Center

I've got friends & colleagues who have been working non-stop since the storm hit Western NC. Some of these journalists also don't have power, water, or food. Falsely claiming 'the media' isn't covering the devastation & recovery insults their hard work for their communities.