{"id":2355206,"date":"2024-10-15T13:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/helene-in-frigid-temperatures-thousands-remain-without-power-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T13:02:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T17:02:45","slug":"helene-in-frigid-temperatures-thousands-remain-without-power-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/helene-in-frigid-temperatures-thousands-remain-without-power-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Helene: In frigid temperatures, thousands remain without power &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhelene-in-frigid-temperatures-thousands-remain-without-power-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2355206&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In North Carolina&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-cartels-traffickers-exploiting-unfinished-border-wall-construction\/\" title=\"Blackburn: Cartels, Traffickers Exploiting Unfinished Border Wall Construction\">mountainous region<\/a>, over 12,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ore-power-grid-damaged-40000-without-power\/\" title=\"Ore. power grid damaged, 40,000 without power\">000 customers remained<\/a> without electricity on a frigid Tuesday morning, three weeks after Hurricane Helene&#8217;s remnants devastated the area. The storm, one of \u2063the deadliest in the U.S. in recent decades, caused 95 deaths statewide, with 42 fatalities reported in Buncombe County alone. That county recorded temperatures \u2062dropping to the mid-30s at\u2063 Asheville Regional Airport. \u200bAs of 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, more than 3,300 residents were without \u200bpower in Buncombe County, with \u200badditional outages in neighboring\u2062 counties. Hurricane \u200cHelene, which hit Florida as\u200d a Category 4 storm before moving through \u2064Georgia and onto\u2062 the Appalachian\u2062 Mountains,\u2062 brought catastrophic flooding, with\u2063 rivers exceeding\u2063 record levels. The storm caused extensive damage, leading\u200d to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-fauci-new-study-finds-closing-schools-in-response-to-covid-19-delayed-herd-immunity-and-will-increase-overall-deaths\/\" title=\"FIRE FAUCI: New Study Finds Closing Schools In Response to COVID-19 Delayed Herd Immunity and Will Increase Overall Deaths\">closure<\/a> of hundreds of roads across the state, including interstates and federal highways.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Helene: In frigid temperatures, thousands remain without power<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1835886\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; More than 12,000 customers remained without power on a Tuesday morning with temperatures barely above freezing in the North Carolina mountains on the third week since Hurricane Helene&rsquo;s remnants crushed the region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The nation&rsquo;s fourth deadliest storm in the last three-quarters of a century killed 42 in Buncombe County, where overnight temperatures at Asheville Regional Airport dipped to the mid-30s. The state Health Department on Monday said 95 have died related to the storm.<\/p>\n<p>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/poweroutage.us\/\">poweroutage.us<\/a>&nbsp;at 8:30 a.m., the county had 3,331 without power. There were 4,136 in neighboring Yancey County; 3,530 in Mitchell; 242 in Madison; and 114 in Avery.<\/p>\n<p>Helene came ashore in the Big Bend of Florida on Sept. 26 as a Category 4 hurricane. It moved swiftly through Georgia and dissipated over the Appalachian Mountains and Tennessee, dumping more than 30 inches of rain into multiple locations.<\/p>\n<p>The terrain created violent rushes of water and mud through a number of communities. The Swannanoa River crested at Biltmore Village at 26.1 feet, breaking the record of 20.7 feet set in the Great Flood of 1916. Flood stage is 10 feet. At the French Broad River in Asheville, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/water-emergency-in-mississippi-as-pump-shuts-down\/\" title=\"Water Emergency In Mississippi As Pump Shuts Down\">flood stage<\/a> is 9.5 feet, the Great Flood set the record of 23 feet, and Helene topped it at 24.67 feet.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday morning,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/drivenc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>the state&rsquo;s road closure report<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;included 579 &ndash; three on interstates, 38 federal highways, 58 state roads, and 480 secondary roads. Early estimates are for about 100 mountain bridges to need replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Estimated damage, pending on metrics for calculation, has ranged as high as $250 billion.<\/p>\n<p>An exact number killed has varied. When hurricanes hit, there are different numbers used pending on the agency and metrics it considers. For example, the state Department of Health and Human Services number includes a death in Wake County of a displaced Buncombe County resident who fell and died because of those injuries in her temporary housing.<\/p>\n<p>The more than seven dozen fatalities include 20 categorized as drowning; 11 by landslide; 10 by blunt force; and 34 unknown circumstances. In addition to 42 in Buncombe, other counties with the most deaths from the storm were Yancey (11), Henderson (seven) and Haywood (five). There were four each in Avery and Madison.<\/p>\n<p>An exact number of deaths across multiple states is unclear, though it is believed between 206 and 251. There are two different numbers, respectively, for North Carolina (95 and 124), Tennessee (six and 17) and Florida (20 and 25); published reports put the figure at 49 for South Carolina, 33 for Georgia, two in Virginia, and one in Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Only Katrina (2005, deaths 1,392), Audrey (1957, deaths 416) and Camille (1969, deaths 256) killed more people by hurricane since 1950.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1835886\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1835886\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helene: Thousands still lack power in freezing temperatures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2355207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zito-helene-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43062,41852,39564],"class_list":["post-2355206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-frigid-temperatures","tag-helene","tag-power-outage"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zito-helene-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2355206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2355207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2355206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2355206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2355206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}