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>>> 36 PAST THE HOUR.

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>>> 36 PAST THE HOUR.

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TROPICAL STORM HELENE IS NOW

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MOVING OVER GEORGIA, WITH

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OFFICIALS THERE REPORTING FIVE

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PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE STATE.

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FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN

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PLACE FOR SEVERAL PARTS.

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OVER A MILLION CUSTOMERS THERE

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ARE WITHOUT POWER.

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CATASTROPHIC FLOODING HAS LED TO

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EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES LIKE

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THIS ONE OVERNIGHT WHERE

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EMERGENCY OFFICIALS RESCUED A

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WOMAN, HER BABY, AND TWO DOGS

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THROUGH THE FLOODED STREETS OF

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ATLANTA.

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NBC’S PRIYA SRIDHAR JOINS US

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FROM ATLANTA.

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WHAT IS THE SCENE THERE RIGHT

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NOW?

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>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, JOSE.

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LOOK BEHIND ME HERE.

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IMAGINE WAKING UP TO THIS, THIS

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IS YOUR REALITY THIS MORNING,

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HOMES COMPLETELY SUBMERGED AS

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YOU CAN SEE.

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TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MAILBOX

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BEHIND ME HERE.

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WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THAT FOR

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SEVERAL HOURS.

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AND THE WATER HAS ESSENTIALLY

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NOT MOVED.

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IT STAYED AT THAT CONSISTENT

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LEVEL.

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AND THAT REALLY SHOWS YOU HOW

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MUCH THESE HOUSES AND THESE

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VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAYS TAKE A

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LOOK ARE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED.

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WE’RE BEING TOLD BY NEIGHBORS

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THAT THE HOMEOWNERS HERE WOKE UP

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OVERNIGHT, ONE OF THE HOMES

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BESIDE ME HERE, THEY WERE ABLE

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TO EVACUATE OVERNIGHT.

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THE OTHER ONE, OVER THERE,

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ACTUALLY HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM

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THEIR VEHICLES.

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AND THIS IS JUST ONE

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NEIGHBORHOOD, WE’RE BEING TOLD

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THAT A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY THE

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PEACH TREE CREEK, WHICH IS WHAT

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IS CAUSING THIS FLOODING, HAS

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ALSO LED TO SEVERAL SWIFT WATER

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RESCUES THAT ARE STILL PLAYING

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PLACE AT THIS HOUR.

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25 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED

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OVERNIGHT.

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AUTHORITIES WERE GOING DOOR TO

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DOOR, KNOCKING ON PEOPLE’S

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HOMES, TELLING THEM TO EVACUATE

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THESE KINDS OF FLOOD CONDITIONS.

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NOW, GOVERNOR KEMP HAS ISSUED A

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STATE OF EMERGENCY AND TODAY HE

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ANNOUNCED THE ADDITIONAL

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AUTHORIZATION OF A THOUSAND

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GEORGIA GUARDSMEN TO HELP WITH

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RECOVERY EFFORTS AND CLEANING UP

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OF DEBRIS.

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WE DID HEAR FROM MAYOR ANDRAY

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DICKENS, JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

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AND FORTUNATELY, JOSE, NO ONE IN

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THE ATLANTA METRO AREA WAS

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INJURED VERY BADLY.

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>> PRIYA SRIDHAR, THANK YOU SO

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VERY MUCH.

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>>> JOINING US NOW IS EVAN

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PETERSON FROM THE RED CROSS IN

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ATLANTA.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH

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US.

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SO, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS HAS THE

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RED CROSS BEEN DOING, JUST IN

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THE LAST 24 HOURS?

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>> SO, IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, A

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LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING

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IS MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE.

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THOSE WHO HAVE HEEDED THE ORDERS

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FOR EMERGENCY OFFICIALS TO

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EVACUATE.

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WE WORKED TO HAVE THEM IN

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SHELTERS AND WE HAVE HAD

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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TAKE

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ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

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BUT RIGHT NOW, AS YOU JUST SAW

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FROM THE FOOTAGE, THE STORM IS

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PASSING OUT AND PEOPLE ARE

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STARTING TO GET THAT ALL CLEAR

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MESSAGING.

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SO THEY’RE STARTING TO COME OUT

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OF THEIR SHELTERS, OUT OF THEIR

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HOMES, LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING IN

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THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

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WE’RE LOOKING TO STAND ALONGSIDE

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THEM TO MAKE SURE THEIR NEEDS AS

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THEY DISCOVER THEM AND AS THEY

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CHANGE ARE MET.

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>> AND SO WHAT KIND OF -- EVAN,

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ONE THING I’VE NOTICED OVER THE

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DECADES IS THAT MANY TIMES WHEN

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THERE ARE THESE KINDS OF NATURAL

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DISASTERS, THE RED CROSS IS

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OFTEN THE FIRST TO ARRIVE AND

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MANY TIMES THE LAST TO LEAVE.

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WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ALL CAN

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PROVIDE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT IS IT

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THAT YOU ALL NEED RIGHT NOW?

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>> WHAT WE’RE PROVIDING A LOT OF

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PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IS THE COMFORT.

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THEIR LIVES ARE CHANGING.

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FOR SOME PEOPLE, THIS HAS BEEN A

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NIGHTMARE GOING ON SINCE

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HURRICANE DAHLIA, AND THEN

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DEBBIE AND THEN HURRICANE

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HELENE.

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WE ARE WORKING TO HELP THEM

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PROCESS THE TRAUMA OF THIS.

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ALSO GET THEIR PHYSICAL NEEDS

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MET AND CHARGING PHONES, A GOOD

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HEALTHY WARM MEAL, A SAFE PLACE

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TO STAY.

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AND THEN, AGAIN, WHEN THEY START

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RETURNING HOME, WE WILL START

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WORKING WITH THEM TO PROVIDE

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CLEANUP KITS, GET THEM WITH CASE

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MANAGERS TO TALK ABOUT LONG-TERM

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RECOVERY PLANNING.

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AS IT RELATES TO WHAT OUR

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ORGANIZATION NEEDS, A COUPLE

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THINGS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO

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GET INVOLVED AND HELP FIRST, 90%

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OF OUR WORKFORCE IS COMPRISED OF

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VOLUNTEERS.

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SIGN UP TO BECOME A VOLUNTEER AT

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RED CROSS.ORG.

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MAKE A BLOOD APPOINTMENT, THE

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NEED FOR BLOOD IS ALWAYS