NEWPORT, Tenn. — "Simpl Cafe" Owner Kendale Ball never thought the river his business backs up to would flood. Then in September, it did, causing him to close his doors and work on rebuilding.

Hurricane Helene has brought tornado watches, flood alerts, power outages and more ... Tennessee is now facing the storm’s ...

(WATE) — A small business in downtown Newport, Simpl Cafe ... “Three days after the flood, we’d had everything outside and we had a storage unit that we were able to put all of our things ...