As of Friday, the Middle Tennessee region remains under a flood watch. The remnants of Helene will bring along heavy rainfall and strong winds.

Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida as a Category 4 colossus with winds of up to 140 mph. Winds and torrential rain are expected to continue Friday.

Storm continues to move inland over central Georgia as life-threatening winds and rains continue. Watch footage of swamped neighbourhoods as Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida. Storm watches and warnings are in place in 12 states,

Gov. Bill Lee and other state and federal officials traveled to northeast Tennessee on Saturday to survey catastrophic flood damage in several counties in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene. Lee was accompanied by First Lady Maria Lee,

The authorities were evacuating people downstream from the Nolichucky Dam, warning that a breach could cause deadly flooding.

Aviation assets from Abingdon, Va., helped rescue at least 54 people from the roof of a Tennessee hospital on Friday as rising flood waters brought on by Hurricane Helene prompted evacuation. According to VSP,

More than 50 people were stranded Friday at an eastern Tennessee hospital due to fast-rising water and high winds, after several attempts to airlift them failed during a dangerous rescue operation, Ballad Health officials said.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Floodwaters pushed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene left North Carolina's largest mountain city isolated Saturday by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service, part of a swath of destruction across southern Appalachia that left an unknown number dead and countless worried relatives unable to reach loved ones.

Floodwaters pushed by remnants of Hurricane Helene have left North Carolina’s largest mountain city largely cut off by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service