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The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office said there are "multiple fatalities," but said they are unable to confirm how many people are dead as a result of the flooding. According to state officials, at least 10 people have died in the state since Friday.

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<p>LOCAL NEWS, WRAL NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN GO. &gt;&gt; GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I'M JULIAN GRACE. WE START RIGHT HERE. A WAKE OF DEVASTATION IS BEEN LEFT BEHIND BY HELENE, A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE IS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ENTIRE TOWNS WASHED OUT. PEOPLE CUT OFF FROM SUPPLIES AND HELP AND CREWS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE RESCUES. WE KNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE DEATHS IN SEVERAL COUNTIES. OFFICIALS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SHARE AN EXACT NUMBER MORE THAN 600,000 PEOPLE ACROSS OUR STATE ARE WITHOUT POWER. MORE THAN 100,000 OF THOSE OUTAGES ARE IN COUNTY ALONE. DUKE ENERGY HAS SAID THAT RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO ESTIMATION FOR WHEN THE POWER COULD BE TURNED BACK ON AS CREWS BATTLE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND. AND THERE IS NO CELL PHONE SERVICE IN MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CELL PHONE PROVIDERS SAY IT WILL BE SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL SERVICE CAN BE RESTORED. COMING UP IN ABOUT 4 MINUTES, WE'LL HEAR FROM GOVERNOR ROY COOPER ABOUT HOW PEOPLE CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH LOVED ONES AND THE WORK BEING DONE TO GET SUPPLIES AND HELP TO THE DEVASTATED COMMUNITIES. OFFICIALS IN COUNTY HELD A MEDIA BRIEFING JUST ABOUT 2 HOURS AGO CALLING THE STORM A NATURAL DISASTER OF BIBLICAL PROPORTION. SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK AND THOSE EFFORTS ARE STILL UNDERWAY AT THIS HOUR. THEY'VE CONDUCTED AT LEAST 150 SWIFT WATER RESCUES. OFFICIALS ARE GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR IN SOME CASES CONDUCTING WELL FOR WELFARE CHECKS. NOW, ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THEY CONTINUE TO RECOVER BODIES FROM THE FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES. AND OFFICIALS TELL US THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING &gt;&gt; AS THEY ASSESS THE DAMAGE, THIS IS LOOKING TO THE COUNTIES ALONE. &gt;&gt; HURRICANE KATRINA, YOU'VE HEARD US SAY CATASTROPHIC. THE DEVASTATION WITHIN OUR COUNTY. IT AND I WOULD DO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND SAY WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CULL THE STATION FOR THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE BEEN PEOPLE SLEDDING AND HERE AND IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT. &gt;&gt; THIS WAS A VERY SOMBER BRIEFING. NOW, MUCH OF THE COUNTY IS WITHOUT CELLS, CELL PHONE SERVICE IN POWER AND WATER. ALL MAJOR ROADS IN AN AD OUT ASHEVILLE, OUR CLOTHES, THERE'S ONLY ONE ROAD THAT IS BEING USED TO GET RESOURCES IN RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE STILL WAITING TO GET FOOD AND WATER SUPPLIES. THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP LOCATIONS TO DISTRIBUTE SUPPLIES ONCE THEY BECOME AVAILABLE IN NASHVILLE, FLOODING LEFT BEHIND DEVASTATING DAMAGE. WRAL'S WILL LEAD AN ALI WAS ABLE TO GET BACK THERE TODAY WHERE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TOWARD RECOVERY. &gt;&gt; THIS IS ASHEVILLE. ONE DAY AFTER HURRICANE HELENE CAUSE CATASTROPHIC DESTRUCTION, BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN RIPPED OPEN CARS ABANDONED IN THE STREET. I SPOKE TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND THEY TELL ME THE PLACE ALMOST LOOKS UNRECOGNIZABLE. COMPLETE DEVASTATION. EVERY STREET HAS A DIFFERENT STORY OF DESTRUCTION TO TELL THE FLOODING THE MUD LIVES UPENDED, BUSINESS OWNERS AND PEOPLE LIVING IN BILTMORE VILLAGE ARE SAD. BUT WITH THIS HISTORIC STORM LEFT BEHIND ALL SAYING IT'S HARD TO SEE SO MANY HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN RUINS. AND IN TIMES OF DESPERATION, SOME PEOPLE HAVE RESORTED TO LOOTING STORES IMPACTED BY THE STORM. BUT THE STOREFRONT IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, WRAL WAS THERE AS THE MOMENT PLAYED OUT WITHOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT. FOR THOSE OF US THAT WERE HERE, YOU KNOW, WATCHING THE TORRENTIAL RAPIDS RACING PAST THE HOTEL FOR ABOUT A DAY AND A HALF. &gt;&gt; WHAT WE SEE NOW IS BASICALLY WHAT WE THOUGHT WE'D SEE. IT'S IT'S PRETTY SURE IS PRETTY HORRIFIC. &gt;&gt; MARK LEHMAN IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE GRAND BOHEMIAN BILTMORE VILLAGE. HE ESTIMATES THE TOWN WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE. &gt;&gt; THERE'S A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN BILTMORE VILLAGE. A LOT OF SMALL SHOPS THAT WERE NOT AS FORTUNATE AS WE WERE AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE AREA QUITE A LONG TIME TO REBUILD. &gt;&gt; POWER AND CELL PHONE LINES ARE DOWN. GROCERY STORES ARE CLOSED IN HOMES REMAIN WITHOUT RUNNING WATER WITH NO END IN SIGHT AND GETTING OUT OF THE AREA WAS NOT EASY, EITHER. PHOTO JOURNALIST JOHN RECTOR AND I DROVE ALONGSIDE HUNDREDS OF OTHER TRAVELERS OVER AN HOUR OUTSIDE OF ASHEVILLE BEFORE CELL PHONE SERVICE WAS RESTORED. &gt;&gt; PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE TELL ME THIS IS HEARTBREAKING. THEY BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO TAKE WEEKS TO MONTHS BEFORE THINGS RETURN TO NORMAL IN NASHVILLE WITH BEGAN ALI WRAL NEWS SO HARD TO SEE ALL OF THAT. NOW I-40 IS CLOSED ON BOTH SIDES OF ASHEVILLE. THE ONE AT THE TOP OLD FORT MOUNTAIN, CLOSE LANES ON THE EAST. &gt;&gt; AND THE ONE AT THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE CLOSE LANES TO THE WEST. THE TENNESSEE DOT SAYS A MUD SLIDE TOOK OUT THE EASTBOUND LANES ABOUT 3 MILES TO INTO NORTH CAROLINA. CLASSES AT APP STATE HAVE BEEN CANCELED THROUGH OCTOBER 4TH. THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY ROAD. CONDITIONS IN THE AREA ARE TREACHEROUS AND IMPASSABLE. RESIDENTS AND DINING HALL STAY OPEN FOR STUDENTS. STILLS ARE ASKED TO LIMIT THEIR WATER USAGE AND ARE REMINDED THERE IS A BOIL WATER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR BOONE CREWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE ARE RESPONDING TO HELP AFTER THE HISTORIC AND DESTRUCTIVE WEATHER EVENT. WRAL'S CARLY HAYNES TALKED WITH GOVERNOR ROY COOPER ABOUT THE RECOVERY. &gt;&gt; OVER HERE AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER WITH GOVERNOR ROY COOPER. GOVERNOR, THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US. WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. I WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THE COMMUNICATION ASPECT IN ALL OF THIS. WE JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH A WOMAN FROM BANNER ELK WHO SAID DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE IN THE SAME QUARTER OF A PARKING LOT TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THEIR LOVED ONES. THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION COMING INTO OUR DESK RIGHT NOW. HOW SHOULD PEOPLE MAKE CONTACT WITH THEIR LOVED ONES WHO THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. BUT THIS STORM HAS BROUGHT CATASTROPHIC DEVASTATION TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. &gt;&gt; UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE OUR PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS TO GET PEOPLE OUT AND SUPPLIES IN. WE KNOW THAT COMMUNICATION RIGHT NOW IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. I'VE BEEN PUSHING THE CELL PHONE COMPANIES TO WORK TOO. BRING IN DEPLOYABLE ASSET BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE LANDSLIDES HAVE CUT FIBER AND CABLES AND THAT A LOT OF THE SERVICES ARE DOWN. WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO GET COMMUNICATIONS UP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THAT SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS ARE OUT THERE NOW AND I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THEM OUT THERE RISKING THEIR LIVES. WE HAVE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHO ARE IN NORTH CAROLINA HELPING. DEFINE PEOPLE LIKE THAT HELPED GET THEM TO SAFETY. THAT IS PART PRIORITY RIGHT NOW TO SAVE LIVES. &gt;&gt; AND PEOPLE THERE WITHOUT DRINKING WATER. THEY CAN'T TAKE SHOWERS. GROCERY STORES ARE CLOSED. THEY CAN'T ACCESS FOOD. WHAT IS NORTH CAROLINA DOING TO SUPPLY THOSE NECESSITIES TO PEOPLE? &gt;&gt; RIGHT NOW WE ARE SENDING SUPPLIES VIA AIR. WE'RE ALSO FINDING ROUTE TO GET SUPPLIES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS HELPING EMERGENCY VEHICLES. FIND ROUTES TO GET AROUND THE DEVASTATION OF THE ROAD TO GET 385 ROADS CLOSED A LOT OF AREAS ARE STILL FLOODED. SO LIKE I SAY, WE'VE GOT TO SAVE LIVES. THAT IS THE PRIORITY. AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT PEOPLE. &gt;&gt; IN THE DRINKING WATER AND IT SURPRISED WE HAVEN'T NUMBER OF SHELTERS OPEN ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE NATIONAL GUARD IS HELPING TO BRING IN SUPPLIES. WE'VE GOT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WORKING WITH FEMA. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A DIRE SITUATION FOR THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. PEOPLE HERE AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER ARE WORKING. 24 7 AROUND THE CLOCK TO COORDINATE. RELIEF FOR PEOPLE THERE. THERE IS A DEVASTATING FLOODING GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW THERE'S MORE RAIN TO COME. &gt;&gt; WHAT DOES THE TIMELINE LOOK LIKE FOR RESTORING COMMUNICATION FOR REOPENING SOME OF THESE ROADS? SO WE ARE PUSHING THE CELL PHONE COMPANIES TO GET COMMUNICATIONS BACK UP. THEY HAD DEVASTATING LOSSES THEMSELVES. &gt;&gt; MOST OF THEIR AREAS WERE FLOODED. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET DEPLOYABLE ASSET IN TO GET CELL PHONE SERVICE BACK UP AND TO GET POWER HOOKED BACK UP. WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE RIVERS ARE STILL RISING THE CAUSE OF THE RAIN AND BECAUSE THAT THAT'S THAT'S HOW RIVER FLOODING OCCURS. A FEW DAYS LATER. SO WE KNOW THAT DANGER IS NOT OVER. &gt;&gt; THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH US. WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A PACKED SCHEDULE TALKING TO A LOT OF THESE COUNTIES OVER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SO I'M GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU ALL. CURRENTLY HAYNES, WRAL, NEWS LIVE IN RALEIGH. &gt;&gt; LET'S GO TO ROCKY MOUNT AND ROCKY MOUNT. PEOPLE ARE STILL PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER THAT DEVASTATING EF 3 TORNADO TORE THROUGH YESTERDAY AND THE HARDEST HIT AREA ALONG WEST LINDEN BOULEVARD AND UTILITY CREWS. WE'RE STILL RECONNECTING POWER LINES. OTHER WORKERS WERE REMOVING DOWNED TREES AND OTHER DEBRIS, HOMEOWNERS NEARLY A MILE AWAY. WE'RE ALSO PICKING UP PIECES OF BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED BY THAT TORNADO. &gt;&gt; REFERRING TO AND MEADOW AND ALL KINDS OF FUN STUFF. YEAH, WE DON'T CLOSE. WE FOUND LAPTOP BATTERIES. FELLOW COUNCIL, THANKS. &gt;&gt; THE STORM INJURED 15 PEOPLE FOR SERIOUSLY AND LEFT DEBRIS SCATTERED OVER MILES. THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS IN EFFECT IN THE CITY UNTIL AT LEAST 05:00PM TOMORROW. WELL, THAT EF 3 TORNADO WAS ONE OF SEVERAL HELENE CAUSED ACROSS OUR STATE TORNADOES. THAT IS A METEOROLOGIST ANTHONY BAGLEY, AND HE JOINS US NOW FROM THE WRAL, SEVERE WEATHER CENTER WITH MORE ON JUST HOW TRULY DEVASTATING ALL OF THIS WAS. IT'S BEEN JUST AWFUL TO SEE ALL OF THESE IMAGES JOINED HERE THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WHERE WE SIT RIGHT NOW. YOU WANT TO TALK FIRST OF ALL ABOUT THE POWER OUTAGES THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. &gt;&gt; WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THOSE WHO ARE IN THIS MAP REALLY TELLS THAT STORY. KIND OF LIT UP THERE WITH ALL OF THOSE COLORS. WE SAW COURSE MULTIPLE TORNADOES. WE'VE GOT EVEN MORE REPORTS IN TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT HERE SHORTLY. THAT GOES TO SHOW AT LEAST PART OF THE STORY THERE. IN FACT, SOME OF THESE AREAS IN THE RED RIGHT THERE, 100,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER. AND THAT IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. UNFORTUNATELY, UNTIL THIS GET RESTORED, FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCIES OUTLINE THERE IN THE BLUE. THOSE ALONE ARE PRETTY RARE. WE DON'T SEE THIS COMING OUT VERY OFTEN. AND THEN BACK HERE AT HOME, WE DID HAVE, OF COURSE, THE EF 3 TORNADO IN ROCKY MOUNT NASH COUNTY HERE YESTERDAY 140 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. WE HAD AN EF 3, OF COURSE, WITH DEBBIE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. THAT ALONE DOES NOT HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, EITHER FROM TROPICAL STORMS TO GET AN EF 3 TORNADO. ANOTHER ONE THERE THAT WE ALL SAW COMING AND EF ONE TORNADO NEAR GARLAND, SAMPSON COUNTY, 95 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. SO THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW AT LEAST A PIECE OF THIS STORY. JULIA, VERY, VERY IMPACTFUL. WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT OUR FORECAST HERE AT HOME. AND IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER TROPICAL TROUBLE TO WORRY ABOUT HERE COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. I THANK YOU, ANTHONY. OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES ON WRAL DOT COM AND IN THE WRAL NEWS APP, WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST ON WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. &gt;&gt; AS THE RECOVERY EFFORTS &gt;&gt; WRAL, WEATHER. &gt;&gt; WELCOME BACK. WRAL HAD 2 CREWS IN ASHEVILLE FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS AS HELENE MOVE THROUGH TODAY AND THEIR TASK WAS TO FIND A WAY HOME. A MISSED ALL THIS DESTRUCTION THAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE. SO OUR TEAM CAN RESET AND REGROUP BEFORE HEADING BACK TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TO FOLLOW THIS IMPORTANT STORY OF THE NORMAL FOR OUR TRIP TO ASHEVILLE. COULDN'T HAPPEN. INSTEAD, IT WAS THIS ROUTE THAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE THAT WENT INTO SOUTH CAROLINA THAT WAS ABLE TO GET THEM ALL THE WAY BACK HOME. WRAL, SEAN GALLAGHER AND PHOTO JOURNALIST KURT TRUMP OR DETAIL THE JOURNEY SO MANY ARE MAKING OUT OF THIS DESTRUCTION. &gt;&gt; NO MORE VILLAGES UNDERWATER. THIS IS THE STORY YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN YESTERDAY. BUT YOU DIDN'T. I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION, BUT I MAY HAVE LOST YOU GUYS. I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING. I'M SORRY AROUND 12, 15 OR SELL SIGNALS DROPPED A NASHVILLE. WE STILL TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. THIS DEVASTATING OF I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT FLOODED BEFORE, BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS EVER. NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE. NOTHING LIKE THIS. WE SHOT VIDEO TO SEND BACK TO THE STATION. LATER, WE FOUND SOME HIGHER GROUND WHERE THERE WEREN'T AS MANY ISSUES WITH FLOODING BUT THEY WEREN'T EXEMPT FROM THE DEVASTATION. TAKE A LOOK. BUT NO ONE SAW IT. ASHEVILLE FELT LIKE ANOTHER PLANET. SO THIS IS THERE'S NO POWER, NO WATER, NO CONNECTION TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD &gt;&gt; AND NOWHERE TO GO. AND THERE'S NO WAY OUT. AND TODAY EVERYONE TAKING A GAMBLE ON WHAT DIRECTION TO GO BECAUSE IF WE GET OUT THERE AND WE GET IN TRAFFICKING, IT STOPPED AND THEN WE RAN OUT OF GAS. &gt;&gt; WE'RE JUST GOING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR OTHER PEOPLE. WE DECIDED TO GO SOUTH. WE'RE JUST KIND OF COMMITTING TO A PLAN AND HOPING IT WORKS, WHICH IS. &gt;&gt; A LITTLE DAUNTING. I'D SAY THE MAIN HIGHWAYS WERE CLEAR FOR THE MOST PART, GIVING WAY TO OUR FIRST VISUALS OF THE DAMAGE NEAR THE RIVER. THERE ARE SOME LOW-LYING HOMES HERE. YEAH, JUST TIMES AND THE HUNT FOR GAS BECAME DIRE EVERY PASSING MILE. &gt;&gt; IT IS NO GUESSING THE PUMPS. &gt;&gt; IN THE SMALL TASTE OF VICTORIES. FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD A SERIES OF DEFEATS UP JUST 3 &gt;&gt; WILLIAM'S MIND. &gt;&gt; WE JUST HIT SOUTH CAROLINA. WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO GREENVILLE. SO LOOKS LIKE THE &gt;&gt; WE WERE OUT OF WE WERE AT A WITH REGULAR. IS WORKING THIS FREE. &gt;&gt; WE MET PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP ANY WAY THEY COULD BECAUSE THAT SITE IS NOBODY IS ABLE TO GET IN THE U.S. COMING IN. 13 GALLONS ALL FEEL ABOUT IT. IT'S LIKE THE FIRST BREAK. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME. SO &gt;&gt; THEY'RE READY TO GO. WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO GREENVILLE, HOPEFULLY GET TO CHARLOTTE THEM BACK TO RALEIGH. &gt;&gt; OUR COVERAGE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CONTINUES MORE. WRAL CREWS ARE HEADED THAT WAY.</p>

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