At least 64 dead as Hurricane Helene leaves trail of destruction across southeast of US [Video]

MASSIVE RAINS FROM Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue after the storm which killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the southeast of the US and knocked out power to millions of people.

Helene blew ashore in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late on Thursday with winds of 140mph.

It quickly moved through Georgia, where Governor Brian Kemp said yesterday it “looks like a bomb went off” after viewing splintered homes and debris-covered highways from the air.

Weakened, Helene then soaked the Carolinas and Tennessee with torrential rains, sending creeks and rivers over their banks and straining dams.

Western North Carolina was isolated because of landslides and flooding that forced the closure of Interstate 40 and other roads.

Boats rest beside a restaurant after being pushed up by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene in St Petersburg, Florida AP AP

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