Helene’s swath of destruction has caused historic rainfall, flooding, power outages and ... At Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee, floodwaters stranded 54 people on the roof.

But no single action was more visible, courageous, dramatic and selfless than the rescue of more than 60 people stranded at the Unicoi County Hospital ... of water through the town of Erwin.

27, Virginia State Police pilots Jeff Bush and Brian Canada transported 44 people to safety from the roof of the nearly submerged Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin ... in the water, from the ...

The new hospital was built in a known flood plain ... dangerous water levels. “I think that our warning systems are antiquated and broken,” he said. “These people in Erwin have seen floods ...

A chilled water pipe inside a wall burst at 11:40 p.m. Thursday, flooding the Emergency Department ... of the ceiling collapsed. The hospital, on Erwin Road, was still diverting ambulances Sunday ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (AP ... Dozens of people were trapped on the roof of a nearby hospital. Then the truck flipped over, sending the workers into the raging water. Some managed to float on the tubing and ...

Floodwaters from the Nolichucky River surround Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin ... in swift-water teams, specially designed to rescue people in turbulent waters. But the flash flood had become ...

Once the creek poured over its banks, it eventually flooded the hospital basement with 7 feet of water despite ... stranded residents from flood-isolated locations. Photos showed ranch-style ...

Trees, trailers, buildings, caskets and cars swept past the hospital in murky, brown rapids that overwhelmed the one-story structure with 12 feet of water ... Erwin's industrial park died in the ...

ERWIN, Tenn. — April Boyd texted her husband before she boarded the helicopter. "So, I don't want to be dramatic," she wrote on Sept. 27, "but we are gonna fly and rescue patients from the ...

Trees, trailers, buildings, caskets, and cars swept past the hospital in murky, brown rapids that overwhelmed the one-story structure with 12 feet of water ... Erwin's industrial park died in the ...