Helene leaves dozens dead and millions without power across southeastern US

the true impact of hurricane Helen is still not known but more than 40 people are confirmed dead from Florida all the way up to Virginia video is now coming in from Perry Florida where her lean roared ashore as a catastrophic category for Hurricane packing Winds of 130 M an hour and stronger North Carolina took a brutal hit New Jersey Task Force One is now in Asheville helping with search efforts record rainfall washed away those roads and homes triggering dozens of rescues ABC's AI Jai has details Helen wrecking Havoc across the South the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in Florida's Big Bend the destructive storm claiming the lives of more than 40 people leaving more than 4.6 million homes and businesses without power throughout the South a tornado ripping through Rocky Mount North Carolina injuring 15 and destroying businesses a Survivor says he was inside one of the restaurants when it happened we kept getting them the tornado alerts and um I went up to go get my plate and when I seen the Chimes going around and um everything started spinning so I ran to them and grabbed everybody I could and we went uh went up under the table we were lucky in Asheville a home scene washed away in the floodwaters the National Weather Service says failure of the lake lur dam is imminent due to the heavy rainfall people nearby asked to evacuate the area more than 50 people rescued from the rooftop of this Tennessee hospital due to the rising flood water we started to evacuate uh immediately when we were told to do so by the time the ambulances got to the hospital the hospital was completely blocked off the water had moved in that fast high water rescues underway in Florida Taylor and Dixie County have been struck by three hurricanes within the last 13 months they are once again left to rebuild as Helen's remnants continue to slam the southeast more than 1500 search and rescue crew members are on the ground here responding in Florida the National Guard they've also been deployed for storm search and rescue response all across the southeast AA Jai ABC News Tallahasse here at home the Delaware Valley only experienced some rain showers from Helen but the storm has impacted thousands of flights across the country including cancellations and delays at Philadelphia International Action News spoke with several people who who managed to fly out of Tampa just hours after Helen made landfall we lost power at five and that's when my husband heard the big crash and I think we've got a like a 75y old tree that kind of came across our tree yard looking forward a little air conditioner and some hot water up here in Philadelphia volunteers from our region travel to Florida ahead of the storm they'll fan out across the state to distribute food and supplies to those who are in in need use this