because then we had that crazy old helene. ♪ helene helene helene helene ♪ ♪ you came in here and brokel apart ♪ ♪ helene helene helene helene ♪ ♪ but we're all here to mend these broken hearts ♪ and that's what i'm doing here. >> david: so true. so we choose dolly and all those volunteers answering the call. i'll see you monday. good night. and that breaking news is right here. a fire growing up near north clear lake just started before noon, has already burned 294 acres. multiple spot fires. cal fire has a lot of crews, resources and several aircraft responding. and here's the key. winds are picking up this

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because then we had that crazy old helene. ♪ helene helene helene helene ♪ ♪ you came in here and brokere to mend these broken hearts ♪ and that's what i'm doing here. >> david: so true. so we choose dolly and all those volunteers answering the call. i'll see you monday. good night. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. i'll have the very latest from the fire lines. plus a look at the weekend heat wave that is bringing warnings coming up. >> we have a much better understanding today of the condition of our farm labor housing on the farms than we did before that shooting. >> new at six. the i-team exposes deplorable housing conditions in half moon bay. >> plus new technology is giving us a fresh look at history. new images of a world war two ship that's sitting on the ocean floor right off california's coast. >> from abc seven live breaking news. >> and that breaking news. a wildfire that's burning buildings and triggering evacuations near clear lake. it started just before noon today and has burned more than 400 acres with multiple active spot fires. cal fire has many crews, resources and se

for example, as a result of hurricane helene. but they are pivoting to make sure there are other facilities available to them and they will have different places at which they can place their votes. this is something that this is -- that the cybersecurity agency of our department, as it is known by its acronym, works very closely with state and local officials to assist in that regard. >> is an example of one way they are assisting at this time? sec. mayorkas: so, what we do, there are three threat vectors. there is physical violence, there is the concern about physical violence, there is the concern about cyber attacks, and there is the concern about disinformation. an example is that we are protective security advisors in each state that assist state and local officials in sharing best practices about how to secure the facilities, both from a physical perspective and a cybersecurity perspective. that would be one example. sec. jean-pierre: go ahead. we are going to have to start wrapping it up, but go ahead. >> as you mentioned

i would anticipate it would go further inland than we saw with helene. but due to the fact that the island topography changed a bit with the damage done by helene with that storm surge, so, you know, there is a reason that we went to levels a, b and c. so, when that surge comes in, it really is a force. it is not -- it is not one you can fight back against. >> jodie fiske, thanks again for taking the time with us. good luck in the days ahead. >> thank you. >> and now to the white house, where we are awaiting remarks from president biden expected in just the next few minutes. he just received a briefing on the federal response to these historic storms, first hurricane helene and now hurricane milton. nbc's aaron gilchrist is standing by for us at the white house. what are we expecting to hear from the president? >> reporter: the president has been receiving updates today, both from his national security team and we know now he's supposed to be in this meeting getting this update on the federal response to fema -- to the disaster that is already happening

and of course, this all comes with the tragedy already unfolding from hurricane helene. tonight, the death toll now at least 230. the national guard and fema on the ground for days now. tonight, they're now dealing with something else. the false claims and conspiracy theories about fema and the federal help being pushed by former president trump. north carolina's republican senator knocking down the false claims. and just moments ago, vice president harris before the cameras, calling the false claims by the former president irresponsible, saying americans in the storm zone are entitled to the help. morgan norwood from north carolina tonight. >> reporter: tonight, with the death toll from hurricane helene now at 230, and massive recovery efforts still underway, federal agencies on the ground facing another obstacle -- conspiracy theories and false claims spreading about the response. amplified for days by president trump, who is falsely claiming fema disaster relief money is being spent on migrants instead of survivors. >> they're getting no help from our federal governme

, helene, helene, you came in and broke us all apart ♪ ♪ helene, helene ♪ >> she is the best.parton announced she and her companies are partnering with walmart to provide aid to those affected by hurricane helene. the country legend who hails from east tennessee is giving $1 million to the mountain ways foundation, which provides immediate assistance to flood victims in that area. parton's companies are matching that donation while walmart will provide an additional $10 million. and it is so needed there. they're suffering still so much and it's going take a long time to recover. >> really tough. and big heart, as big as her star. >>> when we come back, there is a new favorite candy among trick-or-treaters this year. and a major update for an egg recall that began in august. g b. start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation. at one year, many people experienced remission... and some saw 100% visible healing of their intestinal lining. serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur.

i mean, just days after helene yeah.s so many people are recovering from helene as you know, the coast, there was battered by helene and now they've that a worry about this monstrous storm that urologists are just saying they are astonished by how quickly it has gained in strength as you point out looks to becoming a category five hurricane. and we heard the sand tester in your show desantis, the governor of florida talk about his concern about the debris from helene weapon up and causing more issues. >> so th

without power after a week helene devastated the east, dolly parton is vowing to help. ♪ ♪ helene, helene>> how dolly is lending her voice and a hand. today, october 5th, 2024. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander and laura jarrett live from rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. it is certainly fall. a little crisp in the air. >> that is for sure. >> no doubt. we have a busy saturday on tap as the southeast is still surveying the damage from helene. two new hurricanes are churning in the atlantic. they are not expected to major impact on the northeast, we have heavy rainfall expected. angie will join us in a bit. >>> we have the latest from north carolina as the clean up from helene is still ongoing and so many people are without water and a clean place to turn. how you can help out the victims. >>> and we want to begin with the top story. that is the race for the white house. one month out with former president trump returning to butler, pennsylvania, since the assassination attempt that nearly took his

♪ helene, helene, helene, ♪ helene, helene, helene, helene, you came in here and broke us all apart ♪to mend these broken hearts ♪ >> and that's what i'm doing here. so i really, really wish that we were all together for another reason. >> gio: mending these broken hearts, you are, dolly. welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. i'm in asheville, north carolina, this morning, one of the hardest hit areas here by hurricane helene. and as you saw, of course, that was dolly parton doing what she does best, giving her heart, soul, and song to those who need it most. the queen of country announcing that she is donating $1 million of her own personal money to relief efforts. that's in addition to another million dollars that's being donated through her businesses. she is doing so much. and, janai and whit, i can't wait to show you how so many people from across the country are coming together here to help people in need because so many people do need this help. >> whit: yeah, desperately needed help, for sure, gio. thank you. of course, we've been southeast strong all morning long he

clean up efforts from helene were barely getting underway. now florida's gulf coast is being brutalized yet again. what is the administration doing to help? >> there is a real increased focus now on having those early assessments start to come in. when the sun comes up tomorrow, more of that recovery phase. the administration has been preparing this for days. having a field incident response team prepositioned in jacksonville, ready to help with steps that will bring airports back online and address anything else that needs attention on the aviation side. there's examples like that from across the administration, as we have thousands of personnel, hundreds, just from our department alone. both involved in the preparations from milton that will evolve into recovery efforts. from a transportation perspective, we're looking at surface, air, and sea. each one of those has its own dynamics, of course, not on the surface side. we are looking at roads and bridges, and we'll start to get the damage assessment in the morning. and with regards to aviat

. was just salvaging whatever was left from helene-— from helene. and from helene. cristian, if you need to go and seek — from helene. cristian, if you need to go and seek shelter, _ from helene. cristian, if you need to go and seek shelter, please - from helene. cristian, if you need| to go and seek shelter, please do. don't stay talking to us and put yourself at risk. on that point of evacuation, do you think is everyone someone safe at this point needs to be or who can be? at someone safe at this point needs to be or who can be?— be or who can be? at this point, everyone _ be or who can be? at this point, everyone is hunkered _ be or who can be? at this point, everyone is hunkered down. - be or who can be? at this point, everyone is hunkered down. we | everyone is hunkered down. we actually have a lot of folks who have evacuated in the hotel building that we're cats. it's about 15 feet off ocean level —— that we are at. folks are hunkered down here. what we've seen in the street, emergency vehicles. everyone is sort of bracing for impact. it's so

this is less than two weeks when helene made landfall. people have been cleaning out their homes which have been ravaged. i saw waist high water lines in some areas. couches, mattresses, picture frames, food has been on people's lawns. as a result, there's a lot of debris that could not be cleaned up in time and blowing in the air. take a look at down below. we've got water on this site and water in the main street. you can see the reflection and the few lights still available downtown. we have power outages and the big wind gust coming in now. you can see a camera shaking. you can see over the edge and the trees with in the water moving. that is the power of the winds coming through. even well past the time when the eye wall started moving in. that's why were in a parking garage instead in the elements. we are in the garage because it's elevated. the storm surge below which is feet of water and doesn't come in slowly. it can be deadly. we need to make sure were elevated but also the added debris concerned because of the leftover from hur

september 26th hurricane helene.ammy bruce, fox news contributor, david car luke', former democratic state senator. david. i want to come to you first. we have hurricanes come off the coast and have lots of things going on. nothing like they were experiencing right now in the southeast. you have seen planning in motion and communication the way it should go. what criticism do you have for your party now? >> right now it doesn't matter if it's a storm brewing in the gulf of mexico, evil forces taking root in the east. >> harris: let's stay focused. we are talking about biden and harris's response to hurricane helene. >> a house divided cannot stand and that's where we have to work together as a nation, not as a political party. and the criticism is on all sides. >> harris: why is it on the republicans? the former president went there and got them before anybody in your party. >> donald trump does a great job at articulating the problems and the dark spots. talking about how do we bridge that gap and work together? try

this video went viral during helene. facilities chief dustin pasteur checking the aqua fence as it kept tampa bay from entering hospital rooms. he hopes it's strong enough for milton. >> 12 feet with a high tide gets us very close to our limit here. and so that's a little concerning if that's actually what we see. >> reporter: in nearby madeira beach we were with abby lewis as an emergency notification went off telling her to evacuate. helene took her home, and milton may take more. >> you don't even have time to cry. >> well, you can't -- no. no. so that will be like after milton. or what's to follow. >> reporter: tom llamas, nbc news, madeira beach. >>> and in western north carolina no end to the struggle after hurricane helene's flood waters isolated so many communities. many people forced to rely on each other for help. antonia hylton is there. >> reporter: tonight president biden sending 500 more troops into north carolina as the reality of recovery sets in. thousands still without running water. some loved ones sti

helene also oregon people.if the storm wondered miles off the coast can lead to feet of storm surge, then what about a storm that goes directly in? i also think your people who have seen this as a mention, you go further south on the west coast. hurricane charley was supposed to be the get check for tampa. it went south. hurricane ian, i was in the nose can remember 40 hours before hurricane epw and was ready. we went to sarasota the next morning thinking okay maybe it's gone further south. it ended up going on the way down making landfall in lee county. folks in southwest florida places like charlotte, , lee, i think that like okay, you can say that that landfall is going to be in bradenton beach. first of all if that's the case you're still going to get some impacts on that and you could potentially have series surge even 100 miles down the coast, but it also could wobble further south and we could get a bigger impact. floridians between those two, you know, they kind of get it. i'm also just look at and elli

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and helene or no helene, the election must go on.roughout the community who are stressed like they've never been stressed before. >> reporter: more than 1 million registered voters live in disaster areas, and in 13 counties, accessibility to voting sites and postal services remain severely disrupted. >> it's a very fluid situation. >> reporter: karen bell chairs the state board of elections. >> many of these communities will be without power, without water, without internet, without cell service potentially for weeks. some may even be facing months. so our job is to figure out as long as there are citizens in those communities, how do we provide them with voting opportunities so they can exercise their right to vote, and we will make workarounds with the facilities, with the power supply and so forth to do that job. >> reporter: election offices across the state have reopened with staffers urgently working to restore operations and clear up confusion for those trying to vote. >> i swear on ten bibles it's my ballot in here. >> report

and europe agree that climate change made helene much more intense. national climate reporter and meteorologist chase cain has contacts on the deadly storm and its connection to climate change. before helene, other hurricanes brought devastating floods hundreds of miles inland. ida in 2021. irene in 2011. even decades earlier, in 1969, hurricane camille struck the gulf coast of mississippi. category five. camille brought nearly as much rain to the appalachians as helene, and 75% of those deaths happened from flooding in virginia. and that's prompted some to dismiss the science that shows clear links between climate change and hurricane helene, saying, well, this has happened before, but it's actually pretty basic atmospheric physics. and that's why we were able to confidently report on the climate influence of helene even as the storm made landfall. the flood damage from hurricanes is larger because of climate change. freddie otto is the lead scientist at world weather attribution, and on tuesday, they'll release a full analysis showing how much more

i had you on my radio and tv show before helene had.nd -- here he will be in your case you had 30,000 utility trucks staged to the wind right after the hurricane, you had food, water vaughan medicine, supplies ready to go right and behind hurricane as usual on -- i'm assuming you have the same thing for milton and my wrong governor? >> no you are right and hurricane helene was a category four storm. it did significant damage to the state of florida, we've been on the sporting now for two week straight in terms of preparation response and now we have an even bigger storm that's bearing down as he pointed out on a very populated area, potentially could do even more damage and we been laser focused on leveraging all resources available including from the federal government and i've been in touch with both fema and the presidents as well as marshaling a lower state agencies and working to support our local communities and so far kamala harris tried to say that my sole focus on the people of florida is somehow selfish is delusional. she has

helen, thanks for joining us. helen - to that. helen, thanks for joining us. helen there i to that.other round of voting tomorrow where three will be whittled down to of voting tomorrow where three will be whittled down to two before the vote goes to the party members. 0r before the vote goes to the party members. or the headlines coming up at the top of the hour. now we have the weather. hello there. we haven't seen a great deal of sunshine today, and with a lot of cloud continuing through the rest of the day, we've got some further showers or some longer spells of rain, even the chance of some thundery downpours in southern parts of england and wales. but at least for the moment, it's mild. the highest temperatures will be for england and wales. widely 16 degrees, could again make 18 or 19 in east anglia and the south east, but there'll be some further heavy, perhaps thundery, downpours for england and wales into the evening. it does become a bit drier later in the night, but there's more cloud and some patchy rain affecting scotland and perhaps for a while into northern ireland a

administrator joints of white house briefing for an update on the federal response to hurricanes helene and milton. the effects of hurricane milton now being felt in florida. the orlando sentinel has reported over here -- over 50 tornadoes have been spotted ahead of the storm. >> thank you very much. good afternoon, everybody. i just had an opportunity to brief president biden and vice president harris on our preparatory actions as we prepare for hurricane milton to make landfall in florida. the entire federal family is leaning forward for milton's response, and right now i am in north carolina, continuing to lead the response and recovery efforts for the impact to helene across many states, but i will be traveling this evening to florida to be with the team that i have there on the ground as well as meet with the governor and his team to make sure that we are working side-by-side to meet the needs of floridians as hurricane milton passes through the state. i want to deliver a very important message to the people of florida. this is going to be a catastrophic storm. it is going to be a

helene, helene ♪ ♪ you came in here and broke us all apart ♪ ♪ helene, helene ♪ >> on friday dolly partonpanies are partnering with walmart to provide aid to those affected by hurricane helene. the country legend who hails from east tennessee is giving $1 million to the mountain ways foundation which provides immediate assistance to flood victims. her companies are matching that donation while walmart will provide an additional $10 million. so needed in those areas. >> it was just a matter of time with dolly parton she always reaches out when it comes to instances like this. >>> coming up, the cowboys and steelers burn the midnightil o in their sunday night showdown. >>> first, keanu reeves is taking his talents to the raceway. start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation. at one year, many people experienced remission... and some saw 100% visible healing of their intestinal lining. serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and

>> you know, i think after helene when we saw the damage that helene produced that everyone is thinkingts are like ghost towns earlier today, we're back with a few hours ago and had no trouble with the traffic coming up here from tampa and i think everyone saw how fast that storm surge moves in and how dangerous it can be. >> neil: kevin were showing pictures that you were kind enough to share with us of your home in tampa. it looks like you got pretty banged up but what it status right now? >> is essentially uninhabitable -- and hannibal. with the florida humidity and heat, mold started going in about 48 hours. we had about 24 inches of water in a house in a watered left of our fully loaded french, flipping outside and moving about 20 feet away and so we were just completely red. were essentially homeless at the time -- at the moment. living with friends and family in trying to find a more permanent solution. >> neil: have any -- unfortunately because all the damage is caused by storm surge hurricane homeowners doesn't career us so them maxie gallagher is $250,000 from flood insurance

when helene comes in. so um, you know, the temporary repairs that were made to homes and buildings, um, you know, hopefully they're very strong. but in this case, when you're talking about a major hurricane, um, the damage is going to be off the charts. you know, as the as the forecast track holds. um, the debris is is vegetative, but it's also commercial and demolition and, uh unfortunately, if it's not picked up, it's going to be scattered by milton all right. >> former fema administrator brock long. sir, thank you very much for your time today. i'm sure we'll be talking to you again in this week, which is is set to be a really, really tough one for all of your former colleagues at fema and all of the residents down in florida. thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> all right. with hurricane milton bearing down on florida, the response to hurricane helene in that state has become a full blown political campaign issue. on monday, cnn learned florida's republican governor, ron desantis refu

still leftover from hurricane helen and there is danger that -- helene and there is danger that can turn into projectiles as this ramps up. let's go live now to tampa, christian, what conditions are you dealing with? >> look, we have been seeing some of the whipping winds, the heavy rain, because of the bands we are feeling from hurricane milton which is about a couple hours away. according to the latest forecast potentially two hours away from landfall. everyone who has evacuated should already be. >> reporter: the outer bands of hurricane milton brought heavy winds, rain, tornadoes to florida's gulf coast on wednesday ahead of landfall. >> still expected to be one of the most and worst destructive hurricanes to hit florida in over a century. >> reporter: president biden and harris were briefed on the storm. expected to deliver life-threatening storm surge to coastal communities >> the hazards are increasing. depending where you are, it may not be safe certainly to get on the interstate at this point. >> with time running out. >> we have blankets, snacks, toiletries. >> 1,000 people tur

petersburg that area, obviously still recovering from helene. what what are people you've talked to? there are preparations >> anderson eerily quiet today on treasure island. this is an area with about 10,000 residents, roughly. usually a big tourist destination, but many of the beach beach front hotels are shut down because of hurricane helene hitting about two weeks ago. and there's trash strewn everywhere. this is one of the giant piles that we've seen in pinellas county. this thing is about 20 to 25 feet high. a couple of hundred feet long, and it is full of just random stuff. there's a bag of golf clubs here's a ton of pieces of wood just like this. imagine this thing coming toward you at 120 miles an hour on top of that, you've got space heaters, you've got all kinds of scrap metal the other issue with this barrier island, like so many others on the other side of the ocean, there's a bay, so you're talking about a ten to 15 and foot storm surge coming in here with a foot of rain more or less estimated to be on top of that. where is this st

we recently just got through helene in st. petersburg and we're very scared about what is going to happen with our home. >> i have been there eight or nine years and we just went through it two or three times. i'm getting too old to stay there. so we just bailed out. >> i just think this time we'll get hit. it is really scary. not scary right now. scary thinking about what we'll find when we go back. >> bill: we're in orlando. drive 100 miles to the west you hit the gulf of mexico. we'll feel hurricane force winds at this time tomorrow. britta will get it earlier and live in sarasota, florida on the coast. britta, what do you have? good morning. >> good morning, bill. there was a southward jog with milton that changes the scenario for sarasota. it could be the landfall site. we're at the marina. the tough thing is this boat is not technically parked at the marina. it is on a little piece of land between the bay and marina and this is where the boat came from. this is the bay that takes you over to lido key, during hurricane he

we lived on the first floor of a condo and he wrote out helene here. he said the water got up to his chest and he panicked and he got out. he was fortunate to get out. this time. it wasn't taking any chances. he saw all this stuff and thought that this what essentially turn into projectiles headed his way. there was another lady who lived in the building next to his. she had some mobility issues. she was contemplating trying to ride out the storm. fortunately, earlier this afternoon, i saw her family common and ask them and she decided that it was the right decision to leave remember, this island, 7:00 p.m. about an hour forgo access was shut off to everyone anderson. >> so access was shut off. i mean, has anyone do you know do your knowledge refuse to evacuate link, boris. oh, check in with him again, joining us now is chief barbara tripp of tampa fire rescue, who is also with us last night. last night, chief tripp. what's your message to people right now in the evacuation zones in tampa who have not yet evacuated well, good evening. >> first of all,

we had helene affect us.but we had several people lost their life and a lot of damage on our coastal areas. we had a lot of first responders there. everybody is ready. we are ready to respond to the storm. the biggest thing right now is for people to get out of harm's way so that they are not in a position where in the middle of the night tonight they are calling 911 needing to be rescued. there's a certain point when it's impossible for rescue teams to get out because of the conditions. that's why it's so important right now for people to get where they need to go, outside of the evacuation zone. >> it's the worst possible time for it to be hitting, overnight, in the middle of the night when it's dark. it makes it harder to rescue people. we have been told by county after county that they are not going to good in if the winds are that high. it's a suicide mission for the rescuers. what more can anyone do to help you, the federal government, the state government? >> we have seen a lot of partnership on the fe

let's go to florida's anna maria island that was hit by hurricane helene helene, the massive amount of debris can see it all over the place on the sides of these roadways. cnn took a tour of the islands, littered streets with police chief william tokajer. he had a dire message for those choosing to stay in the path of hurricane milton and if you have not evacuated, bug out, if you don't take heed, you're on your own. you might as well take a sharpie and write your name and social security number on your leg. so that when we find you, we have a contact because it is not going to be good for you and chief william tokajer joins us now, chief, how are things going or our people heeding those warnings? i mean, you can't put it any you know, any tougher than that it was a ghost town when we just left the island. the island has been secured. nobody's allowed back out there until after the storm passes we did a final pass through and i didn't see anybody that was still there so you don't think there's anybody foolish enough to try to ride it out. i suppose there might be one or two, but that's

a lot of people have left town because of what they experienced with helene. we've been driving around sarasota. it's really like a ghost town. they seem to be heeding those warnings and after official said to get out or you will die in some cases, those people have and left town. we did see a lot of debris all over the area here from helene was left behind. people have been emptying out the contents of their homes. we've seen china cabinets and dressers, mattresses, and refrigerators all along these neighborhoods so it's certainly a concern we did speak to one woman just yesterday who told me that her husband wrote pulled out the storm hurricane helene in siesta key, which is a barrier island off sarasota, which is now closed. they've closed the bridge. so anybody who's still on those barrier islands is now stuck there through the storm but her husband rode out the storm there and he was up to five feet of water water was up to his chest. here's what she told me about what they're plan is for milton had no phone and we lost touch with him and we found out the

for example, as a result of hurricane helene. but they are pivoting to make sure there are other facilities available to them and they will have different places at which they can place their votes. this is something that this is -- that the cybersecurity agency of our department, as it is known by its acronym, works very closely with state and local officials to assist in that regard. >> is an example of one way they are assisting at this time? sec. mayorkas: so, what we do, there are three threat vectors. there is physical violence, there is the concern about physical violence, there is the concern about cyber attacks, and there is the concern about disinformation. an example is that we are protective security advisors in each state that assist state and local officials in sharing best practices about how to secure the facilities, both from a physical perspective and a cybersecurity perspective. that would be one example. sec. jean-pierre: go ahead. we are going to have to start wrapping it up, but go ahead. >> as you mentioned

for some the timeline to come back from this damage helene caused is unknown.of cps welding. his business right next to the river taking on water is and debris. >> the damage is, you know, catastrophic. i mean, 100 loss. i mean, there's no way around that. 100%. water was to the top of the roof. we have propane tanks sitting on top of our i beams where our roof is. >> reporter: right now officials are saying the focus is to restore infrastructure for power and water for some of those utilities, the timeline for its return is unknown at this point. back to you. jacqui: long road to recovery there. brandy campbell, thank you so much. griff: how new evidence in the menendez brothers' murder case could lead to new sentences for the pair. that's next. ♪ . -left over? -yeah. oh, absolutely. (inner monologue) my kids don't know what they want. you know who knows what she wants? me! with empower, we get all of our financial questions answered. so you don't have to worry. empower. what's next. after careful review of medical guidance and research on pain relief, my reco

this is what is left of the sidewalk, sampling what helene did. the storm surge here was 47 feet, this is a good 8 inches of lift. solid cement, power of the water breaking this up. this is the walkway you would take to go out to the gulf of mexico and it is completely cracked apart. we have infrastructure, piping the controls the outdoor shower completely exposed. photographer stephen giving a nice shot of the gulf of mexico where folks are taking a walk, getting in the water, trying to enjoy a little bit of peace. this is a tightknit community. they've been through it. they've been through and unfortunately now are going to see something even worse than helene. the peak storm surge in this area could be over 10 feet. hopefully we don't see it but we prepare for the worst case scenario and hope for the best. part of the problem here is we have debris piles back in the neighborhoods. beachfront all we have is condos, they don't have any debris pulled out because the storm surge, take about a block walk inland and we do. all of that debris is going

can't take chances after helene. i can only imagine what milton can do. >> carley: you can only imagine why just the waiting game must take an emotional toll on you and everybody trying to figure out how bad this could be. you talk about things like raw sewage because of power outages. the city had to dump sewage into the road instead. how do you feel about it when you hear about a historic storm, one of the largest storms in a s century. >> nothing much we can do. i have a warning for those who might be seeing this on barrier islands. we've become commplacent, storm come in and we get water, maybe wind damage. we sand bag and nothing happens and you become commplacent heed advice of officials and get out, we have never seen a storm of this magnitude, they said probably over 100 years. surge is reason why los of lives is drowning. please get out and be safe, all i can tell people. >> carley: governor desantis has gotten rid of some of the tolls so people can travel out of the area. have you noticed traffic build-up?

they thought helene was record-breaking. it's seven feet here, so certainly they are very concerned. they're also concerned about the winds that are expected to pick up this afternoon about 40 miles per hour and up starting with the tropical storm force winds this afternoon, we're hearing some thunder in the area as well. people, john have been evacuating here they know what helene did. they see the debris around the neighborhoods. people have emptied out their homes. one woman told me she spent 15 hours cleaning debris out of her home after it was basically destroyed by helene. so there's debris all over the neighborhoods that can potentially turn into projectiles. but there's also people boarding up their businesses, their homes, the restaurants are closed here. we spoke to one woman who told me that her husband rode out the storm on siesta key, one of those barrier islands that is now shut down. he was chest-deep in water. he wrote out helene there and they are still phil staying to ride out hurricane milton. here's what

this has been the most impactful storm helene was to date. and now on top of it, milton will be impactful and so we're looking at months of cleanup after this difficult process that is, once the storm gets through and hopefully folks have heeded those warnings. mayor kenneth welch. kenneth welch of st. petersburg. thank you so much for being with us thank you, boris, we say of course just in the last few moments here, as the mayor was speaking, the wind has gotten considerably stronger we've seen branches start to come off of trees the rain, is coming down sideways and it feels like pellets. >> there's also folks still out here taking video, making the terrible decision to be out in these conditions as they get worse and worse. we're going to continue monitoring the storm and bring you the latest as we get it, stay with cnn. we'll be back in a few minutes the ages here with nibbles, the hamster jumping out to a ten point advantage over jaws, the goldfish, what the heck is going on here >> how can you be sure you're getting the right deal? >>

helene got almost to 20 in taylor swift county.ot saying there won't be damage, there will be, this cut across the state in way helene did not. in terms of right now, morning after, if i think back to hurricane ian, i don't think you are looking at similar amount of damage to ian. with helene, there may be moreoverall damage, there may not. definitely the surge did not reach helene levels. helene was producing major surge all across the west coast of florida and big bend, it was biblical. that was not here. anything north of the storm had minimal surge on the west coast and really that sarasota, charlotte harbor down into lee, collier, compared to hurricane ian, that is not on the same level. so we'll see. there will be a lot more need to be done to assess the extent of damage. what i think we can say, we have a lot of resources in play in florida to be able to mitigate and get people back on their state and get the state moving again. people want back in their homes, they want roads cleared and bridges reopened, that is our sole p

and then we were hit with helene. we had four feet of water in our house.he remediation and had to evacuate this time again for milton. >> dana: you said things didn't work out well for you with fema. do you fear that could happen again? >> yeah, i think that's everyone's fear. it takes time and people can't always afford to come out-of-pocket to keep progress moving to rebuild their lives and there is a general lack of resources after these storms whether the number of adjusters going out to see those affected or just supplemental support outside of whatever insurance you have. >> dana: you moved to florida for work. and now you evacuated back to north carolina to weather milton. tell me about your own private insurance situation. in florida it's very expensive. >> it is. and the area that we bought, the only option that we had for flood insurance was nfip. it is very expensive. the coverage is capped at $250,000 for the structure. so with milton, for example. if our damage exceeds 50%, that's all we'll see and forced to rebuild and come out-of-pocket for

two weeks after landfall by hurricane helene. still some parts of north carolina that are he cut off from civilization. tonight fox news has an exclusive look how one volunteer group can doing all it can to do help. griff jenkins is in north carolina tonight. >> we could just see a hand. but we're working now to navigate that to get that out safely. >> 12 days after the storm, bodies are still being recovered by volunteer organizations like savage operations. billy rickets lost his own home in helene's wrath but felt calling to help out. >> i'm on a c cadaver team. i was in the marine corps. i wanted to give support in the best way i can. >> griff: fox news got exclusive access from one of the team's helicopters witnessing desperate communities still without power or water in the black mountain area. >> these are places where it's a one road in and out. and they are far up in the mountain. >> griff: volunteer gonzalez says conditions are dire. she worries once hurricane they will be forgotten. >> in the trees by a lot of creeks a

they are helping people suffering from helene.ive in seven devils, north carolina with the latest for us. madison, how are things going there? good morning, ainsley, it's been over a week since helene destroyed parts of western north carolina. and officials say unfortunately it's going to take months or even years to get back to normal. major infrastructure was damaged. this is something you will see all around the mountain roads here. crews working to fix roads that floodwaters demolished in some areas. >> i think clean up is going to be and getting these roads back to where they need to be. further up the road is almost completely gone. >> u.s. soldiers visited fairfield north carolina yesterday to help with disaster relief. the white house says that between troops and national guardsmen, there are 7,000 federal personnel aiding with helene aftermath. but many people here say it's the volunteers doing the brunt of the work. volunteers from multiple organizations jumped into help almost immediately after the flooding. not -- they

with helene the tampa area faced 3-4 feet of storm surge.ties predicted 10-15 feet of storm surge which is, frankly, and survivable. >> that is one or two stories high. >> s. a wall of water -- yes. a wall of water with debris in her left from previous hurricanes, cars, fridges, telephone poles, all sorts of danger in the water. so it's not just the water, but everything in the water. i worry for those that have not evacuated. >> a quick final one. a one-two punch from the hurricanes. what pressure does this put on fema and the resources it has and is allocated by congress? >> fa has enough money in the disaster relief fund now to cover the immediate needs of both hurricane helene at hurricane milton that is coming. they have the funds to do the immediate needs whether it is emergency supplies, logistics on the ground. the concern is longer-term fund and for longer-term recovery, reimbursing local governments for the funds they are putting out now. that is what congress will need to take a look at and probably pass aitional funding for fema'

vance not giving the biden administration response to hurricane helene.ing of the white house. joining us in the studio is bret baier, anchor an executive of "the special report." georgia, north carolina, georgia and florida, of course 30 days out. >> i want to say how cool it was for synergy between fox news and fox weather. the studio's great listen, the recovery in the relief efforts north carolina are a big deal not only the voting in north carolina which is one of the seven swing states and how those people would get votes and what that will do to the election numbers but what they are feeling and what they are hearing from people on the ground as you heard from madison and officials. j.d. vance is right up in "the wall street journal" with his op-ed here to if you go down the timeline matches, it is accurate. he make some accusations in here that obviously some republicans have pushed back on in those states, senator thom tillis in some of the governors edited fema f for all they have been doing to get into the mountainous areas. but it is still a m