adam keehn from americares.ritius. the states impacted and, of course, the federal government, have been pouring resources in. in a crisis like this, you know, those affected feel like the resources mobilised are never enough but we know that it's coming. in the meantime, yesterday, for example, i saw a helicopter that had to be lowering equipment so that workers could free up electric powerlines that had been crashed down by the storm in mountainous areas, just where a health clinic that we had just visited was providing medicines and health services to people who had made their way, some of them on foot and on bicycle, to get the health that they need. adam keehn from americares. base. today, britain agreed to hand the whole archipelago over to mauritius but, crucially, the americans will remain in place. this is a very, very important agreement between our countries. crucially protects the national security interests of the united kingdom and our allies, and this has been reached in full agreement with the un

we are health focused organisation and americares - organisation and americares working with health clinicsnsurance or other access to healthca re have health insurance or other access to healthcare and so, we are seeing first and foremost is water, asheville north carolina which is sort of the epicentre of the crisis has a city of almost 100,000 people and there is no running water there and hasn't been for a week, electricity is spotting, there is no internet, telecommunications are very problematic, so medicines, medical supplies, all kinds of supplies, food, clothing, people ask for anything but as i say we are focused organisation and so, clinics that we are talking to emphasise first and foremost water and then the medicine supplies, including mental health medications and services to people who've been displaced and just have lost everything. fema and other government organisations, have they been able to provide the resources needed to help people? well, fema and _ needed to help people? well, fema and all— needed to help people? well, fema and all kinds _ needed to help people? wel

and speak to adam keehn, director of complex emergencies at the relief and development charity, americaresnderstand about the damage that hurricane helene has caused? what are you seeing? it helene has caused? what are you seeinu ? , ., helene has caused? what are you seein ? , ., .,, ., seeing? it is a devastating situation. _ seeing? it is a devastating situation. we _ seeing? it is a devastating situation. we have - seeing? it is a devastating situation. we have an - seeing? it is a devastating - situation. we have an extreme amount of rainfall that fell, especially in maintenance areas of north carolina and eastern tennessee. i'm in south carolina, which was also hit. florida and georgia also affected. the communities, some isolated, and mountains, the best of times, and when roads and bridges have been washed out, i saw cars piled up against bridges, bridges wash it away. people are devastated. the need stretches across the spectrum of anything you can imagine. spectrum of anything you can imauine. ~ , ~ imagine. we saw president biden visitin: imagine. we saw president biden visiting