11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Helene flooding. Only 5 were rescued
As the rain from Hurricane Helene came down harder and harder, workers inside a plastics factory in rural Tennessee kept working. It wasn't until water flooded into the parking lot and the power went out that the plant shut down and sent workers home.
Tennessee factory employees clung to semitruck before Helene floodwaters swept them away
The harrowing incident happened at the same time as the Unicoi County Hospital helicopter rescue, just a mile south.
Six factory workers dead or missing in Eastern Tennessee after being kept on the job during Helene’s deluge
Impact Plastics made employees come in to work on Friday morning despite the imminent threat of flooding from Helene and kept them there as the nearby Nolichuky River overflowed its banks and inundated the plant.
11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding. Only 5 were rescued
Workers inside a plastics factory in Tennessee say they narrowly escaped after flooding from Hurricane Helene.
Factory employees clung desperately to a truck before Helene floodwaters swept them away
A group of factory workers tried in vain to escape the raging Nolichucky River in Erwin, Tennessee, even as a dramatic rescue unfolded nearby.
Helene floodwaters trapped Tennessee plastics plant employees, and some are among the missing and dead
Family members say some of their loved ones didn't get word that they could leave, but the plant, Impact Plastics, denies it threatened to fire anyone who left.
Tennessee Factory Bosses Refused to Let Employees Leave Before Deadly Hurricane Flooding: Worker
A factory in Tennessee allegedly prevented employees from evacuating to safety during flooding from Hurricane Helene, resulting in fatalities and missing people.
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I-40 won't reopen any time soon between NC and TN, NCDOT says
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Water restored to Jonesborough Utility customers north of Nolichucky River
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