PRESENCE HERE ON THE GROUND AND
NO SET TIME LINE FOR WHEN WATER
WILL BE RESTORED.
THIS MORNING THE DEVASTATING
EFFECTS OF HURRICANE HELENE
REACHING FAR AND WIDE AS
RESIDENTS COME FACE TO FACE WITH
DESTRUCTION AND A TRAGIC
REALITY.
>> I DON’T KNOW IF WE COULD
REBUILD OR COME BACK FROM THIS.
>> Reporter: FLOOD WATERS
DOWNING BRIDGES AND SUBMERGING
ENTIRE TOWNS.
AS CLEANUP BEGINS, COMMUNITIES
HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA STILL
UNDERWATER.
FROM ABOVE THE CITY,
HEARTBREAKING VIEWS.
SOME AREAS STILL UNREACHABLE BY
WATER SLOW TO RECEDE.
>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS.
THERE WERE BUILDINGS SUBMERGED.
>> MY MOTHER LIVES IN A NURSING
HOME.
YOU TRY TO GET THERE TODAY.
YOU JUST CAN’T.
>> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE
KAYAKING TO SAFETY.
WE WERE THERE WHEN WATER RESCUES
GOT UNDERWAY.
AND THE STORM DEVASTATING
FLORIDA’S GULF COAST.
HELENE’S 100 MILE AN HOUR WINDS
RIPPING OUT FLOORS AS LOCALS
BEGIN THE ROAD TO REBUILDING.
>> WE’RE NOT GOING TO WAIT A
MONTH OR TWO.
>> Reporter: CARS THAT SURVIVED
THE STORM.
>> LINES MOVING VERY SLOW.
>> Reporter: AT A STANDSTILL
WAITING FOR HOURS TO FILL UP THE
PUMP.
IN NORTH CAROLINA, MAKING
PASSING DIFFICULT.
THE TRUE SCOPE OF THE DAMAGE AND
LOSS IS STILL UNKNOWN.
>> WHAT MOTHER NATURE CAN DO AND
THE DAMAGE IS STILL INCREDIBLE.
>> Reporter: GUYS, THE IMAGING
HERE IS HARROWING.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SET TO VISIT
HELENE-IMPACTED AREAS AS LONG AS
IT DOESN’T INTERFERE WITH SEARCH
AND RESCUE.
WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE IN
THIS COMMUNITY RESILIENT,