Social media users have posted pictures showing the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene, the storm that has flooded and destroyed roads and buildings across Florida and Appalachia.
After making landfall in Florida, where tidal storm surges battered buildings, it then traveled north, hitting Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee, as well as impacting parts of Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky.
At least 64 people have been killed by the storm, according to The Associated Press.
Meteorologist Chris Gloninger posted satellite footage on X, formerly Twitter, that showed “before and after” views of various places in Florida, highlighting how the storm surge swept entire homes away on a narrow strip of land with ocean on either side.
The storm made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a powerful Category 4 hurricane with catastrophic 140 mile per hour winds and torrential rain. Footage showed houses swept away by the ocean.
Another X user, @EvonDesign, posted a …