财联社9月28日电，美国南部经历了100多年来最严重的洪水，飓风“海伦”的残余势力席卷该地区，造成至少44人死亡，数百万人断电，大坝压力大，潜在损失超过1000亿美元。I-26 in the vicinity of Unicoi, TN...#Flood #flooding #I26 #unicoi #Appalachia #hurricane #helene pic.twitter.com/OoHtCylJsI
— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) September 28, 2024
飓风“海伦”（Helene）星期五（9月27日）开始在美国南部造成大规模的破坏，暴风雨和龙卷风引发泥石流和水坝濒临垮塌，墨西哥湾沿岸部分地区仍泡在水中，东南部4个州已有至少44人死亡，400多万户民宅与商店无电可用。
综合《纽约时报》及美联社报导，飓风“海伦”造成的破坏从南佛罗里达州延伸至北卡罗来纳州和田纳西州的山区。56 people have died in #Asheville following #HurricaneHelene, with many roads closed and over 100,000 without power. #Debris and mud cover the roads, and damaged structures are visible#Florida #Flood #Helene #helene2024#HeleneFlood #Georgia pic.twitter.com/hrQAdtB5GS
— know the Unknown (@imurpartha) September 28, 2024
海伦过境后留下一片狼藉，停在港湾的船只翻覆、路树倒塌、车辆灭顶、街道沦为一片汪洋。
#Helene unleashes Hell! Catastrophic flooding hits the streets as #HurricaneHelene moves through #Georgia
— Earth42morrow (@Earth42morrow) September 28, 2024
Helene has left a trail of devastation across southeast #US claiming at least 49 lives
VC: aprilajsings#Flood #Hurricane #Storm #GAwx #USwx #Climate #Weather #Viral pic.twitter.com/rmvcNn8Iti
据官方统计，佛州、佐治亚州、北卡州、南卡罗来纳州与弗吉尼亚州都有人丧命，至少有44人遇难，死者包括3名消防员、一名女子与她的1个月大双胞胎，以及一名89岁的老妇，她的房子被倒塌的树木压中。
Tennessee farmland and the devastation hard working farmers must face.
— Jennifer Coffindaffer (@CoffindafferFBI) September 28, 2024
Pray for the farmers. They work so hard as it is and many can't afford flood insurance and virtually none have hurricane insurance. #Helene took their livelihood. pic.twitter.com/Dfd8tj0486
担心水坝溃决 居民被令撤离
在田纳西州，由于担心纽波特市（Newport）附近的沃特斯（Walters）水坝将溃决，官员下令要市区居民撤离，有3万6000名居民将被疏散。
北卡罗来纳州另一座水坝也濒临溃堤。官员警告路尔湖大坝（Lake Lure Dam）附近的居民立即撤至地势较高地点，称“水坝即将溃决”。