At least 55 dead after Hurricane Helene batters the South with deadly tornado, monstrous flooding and Tennessee dam break imminent | 28 Sept 2024 | Storm Helene, which has since weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, has killed at least 55 people across five states as it battered the South with record storm surges and a tornado. Helene is primarily hovering over Tennessee and Kentucky, though the edges of the storm are lashing parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, per the latest update from the National Hurricane Center. The center forecasted the storm would spin down "today into tomorrow" across the Tennessee Valley. And with the heavy rain lessening, the center said it would stop releasing hourly updates about Helene. But devastating pictures show the horrific damage Helene has caused over the last several days, with the most pressing issue at the moment being an overworked dam in Tennessee.