Tennessee floods: 54 people stranded on Unicoi County Hospital roof rescued as water rose
Unicoi County Hospital is in Erwin, Tennessee, around 100 miles east of Knoxville and Pigeon Forge. The region saw intense flooding Friday as Tropical Storm Helene, downgraded from a hurricane, barreled through the Southeast, inflicting flooding and power outages across multiple states.
Angel Mitchell was visiting her mother at Unicoi County Hospital in Tennessee when floodwaters forced patients and staff to ...
It comes after the counties became two of the hardest-hit areas in East Tennessee after the remnants of Hurricane Helene brought massive flooding.
The harrowing incident happened at the same time as the Unicoi County Hospital helicopter rescue, just a mile south.
Among the dozens of people who vanished during Hurricane Helene was a truck-load of employees trying to escape their workplace and the company is giving insights into how fast things went bad in East ...
Officials said the Nolichucky River is believed to have swelled about 30 feet, which caused widespread destruction of ...
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