Damages

Fallout from Hurricane Helene continues. 

The Category 4 storm slammed into Florida’s Big Bend late Thursday before barreling through Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee and finally fizzling back into “just” a tropical storm. 

At least 64 people have died (a third of whom were killed by falling trees) in Helene’s wake. The storm reduced buildings to rubble, turned neighborhoods into lakes (causing some salt-water exposed EVs to burst into flames), and washed out roads and major highways (see pictures). 

Millions remain without power or cell service, and heavy rain and flash flooding still threaten parts of the Appalachians, including already catastrophically flooded western North Carolina. Rescue efforts are underway, but without communications, over 1,000 people remain listed as missing in and around Asheville, NC, alone; and many remain stranded—some only reachable by air.

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CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
The promise of heaven does not remove the pains of this world, but it does give us hope, strength, and peace during life’s most difficult seasons. Join us in praying for hope, strength, and peace for the families and first responders in the Southeast.

“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be no more, because the previous things have passed away.” -
Revelation 21:4 (CSB) (read full passage)

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