9.27 All roads in Western NC should be considered closed. #HELENE

This is critical, emergency responders are completely overwhelmed and it is quite possible that there will be nobody to rescue you. DO NOT GO THROUGH. #turnarounddontdrown #HELENE

9.27 This is a life threatening emergency. Get to higher ground NOW. #HELENE

9.27 These are life threatening floods. Do not attempt to cross flooded roadways, get to higher ground. #Helene #NCwx Boone, NC

Complete devastation in Keaton Beach, Florida from a combination of extreme wind and a 15+ foot storm surge. Don't ever expect to see another hurricane named Helene again. Credit: Seth Zaluski

One of the crazier sights I’ve ever seen. St. Petersburg, FL.

Extreme high water in Swannanoa, NC just east of Asheville as historical flooding continues this evening across western North Carolina. People had to break out windows to escape, & If you look closely there is a person on a roof. 📷: Marcia Martin #Helene #ncwx

9.27 1500pst

9.27 1500pst Power Outages FL: 686,960 GA: 904,827 SC:1,194,420

Rescuers airlifted at least 58 people stranded on the roof of Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee, this afternoon as floodwaters from Helene rapidly inundated the building. #Helene #HurricaneHelene

9.27 Terrifying. #Helene

🚨 OCFA Activated for Hurricane Response 🚨 The Orange County Fire Authority’s California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 5 (CA-TF5) has been activated and is deploying to North Carolina in response to Hurricane Helene. >>>>

(UPDATE) TVA's River Forecast Center has activated a Condition Red Warning for an Imminent Breach at Nolichucky Dam in Greene Co., TN. The breach could occur at any time due to extreme rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Helene, which is causing record river levels around the

That's alot of roads.

9.29 #Asheville this morning. #Helene

Our station received this email from Banner Elk in Avery county. "I am hoping to open a line of communication with the "outside world". Residents of Elk River in Banner Elk are completely stranded. Attached is a picture of what used to be the bridge which is the only way in or

Does anyone have any info on any REPUTABLE organizations that need boots on the ground help in North Carolina? We've got some volunteers that are up that way and would love to help.

This should be noted since they get so much grief when it is off.