It's over when it's over. The remnants of #Hurricane#Helene are expected to dump additional rainfall over #Tennessee today and tomorrow..Images like these ⤵️ continue to be expected ...
📽 credit: @smokiesvol/X - somewhere in East Tennessee (not Eastern Tennessee)
Elon Musk is suppressing #Hurricane trending topics on #X so Americans do not understand the scope of the damage. On #Tiktok word is spreading like fire 🔥 and people are trying to help each other.
#AltText "President Biden just approved $ 1 BILLION in Emergency relief funds to Florida on THE DAY the #Hurricane hit. Trump stated he would WITHHOLD relief funds for CA wild fires because he doesn’t like Gov.Newsom And THAT is this difference between Democrats and Republicans. Between a REAL President and a whiny little b*tch baby!! @JBThinkin"
Jeff Berardelli: An incredible 3 to nearly 4 feet of rain estimated by Doppler radar over the last 3 days on the peaks of the mountains near #Asheville North Carolina from #Helene#Hurricane Helene Results in the worst flooding there in memory. #NCwx#Helene
TV on flash flooding in Georgia following #hurricane#Helena (brough to you by #ExxonMobile): "There will be questions as to whether the city or someone else could prevent this water in these regions in the future..."
How about stop using #FossilFuels. Because that's at the root of increased water load and strength of storms in that region.
Latest airplane recon flight from Air Force hurricane hunters finds #Helene finds "peak flight-level winds of 136 kt in the eastern eyewall, with another central pressure drop to 948mb," according to hurricane expert Levi Cowen. "This means Helene is probably near or at Category 4 intensity now." We can expect an update soon from the NHC.
I mean, Cat 4? This thing became a #hurricane only yesterday!
The National Hurricane Center just announced #Helene is now a Category 4 #hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph. Phenomenally rapid intensification from yesterday, when it first because a hurricane with winds of 74 mph.
Cat 4, just before expected landfall this evening, means all the grimmest predictions will unfold: Trees and power lines down. Tremendous flooding. Storm surges above 10 feet in many places, up to 20 in some. Big waves will break *atop* the storm surge.
About 80 miles offshore #Steinhatchee#Florida. #Hurricane#Helene closing in fast. If there is any good news with this storm, it’s the steady forward speed of about 23 mph. Better than a slow moving or stationary storm. It will still feel very long nonetheless for many. #wx