When Hurricane Helene hit land in Florida, it had developed into a Category 4 storm, and everyone watched the Sunshine State to see how it would respond. Florida did take some major damage, but the worst of Helene headed instead for the western Carolinas and southern Appalachia.
As CBS News and USA Today report, the devastation has reached “biblical” levels, or perhaps even “apocalyptic,” as this report from CBS suggests. More than 100 people have been killed, and as yet, it does not appear that the federal or North Carolina governments have prepared for the scope of the catastrophe:
More than 2 million people remained without power late Sunday across the Southeast in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, including more than 430,000 in North Carolina, where the deadly storm pulverized homes, trapped residents, spawned…
