Helene floodwaters trapped Tennessee plastics plant employees, and some are among the missing and dead
Family members say some of their loved ones didn't get word that they could leave, but the plant, Impact Plastics, denies it threatened to fire anyone who left.
Tennessee factory employees clung to semitruck before Helene floodwaters swept them away
The harrowing incident happened at the same time as the Unicoi County Hospital helicopter rescue, just a mile south.
Dad, 75, Clung to Tree for Hours Before Being Swept Away by Helene Floodwaters in Front of His Family
A 75-year-old North Carolina man was swept away by Hurricane Helene floodwaters after clinging to a tree for hours as neighbors and family heard him crying for help, but were unable to reach him. Bruce Tipton was at home in Marshall on Friday, Sept. 27, as water from the French Broad River came roaring beneath him, according to The New York Times.
Father survives but mother still missing after home swept away in Helene floodwaters
A mother is missing after a neighbor recorded the moment her house was swept away during Helene flooding. Her husband said they were clinging to each other when they hit a tree.
Factory employees clung desperately to a truck before Helene floodwaters swept them away
A group of factory workers tried in vain to escape the raging Nolichucky River in Erwin, Tennessee, even as a dramatic rescue unfolded nearby.
11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding. Only 5 were rescued
Workers inside a plastics factory in Tennessee say they narrowly escaped after flooding from Hurricane Helene As the rain from Hurricane Helene came down harder and harder, workers inside a plastics factory in rural Tennessee kept working.
Tennessee plastics factory employee recounts narrow escape through floodwater
Impact Plastics employee Zinna Adkins stepped outside her workplace at 10:54 a.m. on Friday and captured water rising in the parking lot on her cellphone. But at that time, she said no supervisor informed employees they were free to leave.
Helene floods trapped people at work. Some vanished escaping their jobs, TN company says
Among the dozens of people who vanished during Hurricane Helene was a truck-load of employees trying to escape their workplace and the company is giving insights into how fast things went bad in East Tennessee.
As floodwaters engulfed a Tennessee hospital, panic set in for those stranded
Angel Mitchell was in knots Friday morning at the eastern Tennessee hospital where her 83-year-old mother had been admitted ...
NC man finds hope in tragedy after helping rescue neighbor from floodwaters
Linville Falls, North Carolina resident Ken Fisher discussed attempting to rescue his neighbor trapped in a drain line who later passed away and how his faith is helping him and the community ...
North Carolina man jumps into fast-moving floodwaters to save a trapped woman
A North Carolina man made a “calculated risk,” jumping into fast-moving, Helene-swollen waters to save a woman because he ...
'It was like white water rapids': Student recounts car escape from Helene floodwaters
Appalachian State University student Avery Paner recounts being trapped in her car with her roommates and escaping from ...
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Business cut off from community when floodwaters wash away roads
While some major roads across the mountains have already been cleared, there are so many trees down, wash outs and landslides here on highway 176 it's not clear when this road will reopen. While some ...
Western North Carolina woman moves forward after watching parts of her life float away in Helene's floodwaters
Residents in western North Carolina continue to pick up the pieces after Helene raged through the state. Standing on the ...
A Family’s Desperate Flight Through Helene’s Rising Floodwaters
When a family in Shore Acres, Fla., feared the water would rise to their roof, they made a decision to swim out to safety.
Florida home burns down after Tesla catches fire while sitting in Hurricane Helene floodwaters
With his game-breaking plays in Alabama's thrilling all-timer against Georgia, Alabama WR Ryan Williams has already written ...
Neighborhood in town of Swannanoa completely destroyed; floodwaters reached to almost roof levels
In the town of Swannanoa is a neighborhood called Beacon Village. Built in the 1920s, the area was completely destroyed after ...