A college football team was stranded on its bus in the middle of a flooded interstate in North Carolina Friday night as Hurricane Helen continued to cause flash flooding across several Southeastern states.
The East Tennessee State University (ETSU) team was on its way to a game in Charleston to play The Citadel. However, the team's bus only made it as far as Exit 44 of Interstate 26 before encountering flooding and being forced to stop on the shoulder.
“We have been stranded on a bus outside Asheville since 11 a.m. today due to flooding. We were headed to Charleston to play at the Citadel tomorrow at 2 p.m., but tonight we are stuck on a bus outside Asheville. I’m stuck sleeping on a bus in a parking lot,” the ETSU quarterbacks coach said. Tyler Dell said: text message To Clay Travis of OutKick. “…There are no hotels with capacity or power, and no food nearby. Cell phone service is out all day and communications are still down throughout the area.”
Tre Lamb, the team's head coach, said the team was finally able to get out of the “flood trap” after 14 hours.
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East Tennessee State University's football team was stranded for 14 hours due to flooding caused by Hurricane Helen. (Tre Lamb/@CoachTreLamb9)
“I was so scared for a few hours on low ground that I had to look for higher ground. Thank you to the bus driver, athletic trainers, staff and police officers who kept everyone calm,” he wrote in a post on X I wrote it in
Mr Lam said the unknown man took the coaches to the evacuation site and then informed them that the highway was open. They did not have access to any information, he said.
“I haven't talked to my family and loved ones yet, but we are preparing and ready to play @Citadel1842 whenever they decide,” Lamb wrote. “We pray for all those affected. What a terrible storm we have seen with our own eyes. Many families are stranded.”
Several other college football games this weekend have been postponed or canceled due to Hurricane Helen. The storm has been downgraded to a tropical cyclone status.
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East Tennessee State University had to sleep on a bus all night because the highway was flooded. (Tre Lamb/@CoachTreLamb9)
Furman University postponed its game against Sanford, while Appalachian State canceled its scheduled game against Liberty, indicating the program has no intention of rescheduling the game.
Floods are one of the world's most destructive forces. hurricane, Water levels reportedly started along the Florida coast long before Hurricane Helen made landfall and rapidly rose, reaching as far south as Fort Myers on the state's Gulf Coast. FOX Weathers Ian Oliver said high tides were rapidly flooding roads around St. Pete Beach Thursday evening, with high tide just hours away.
a hurricane has landed Big Bend area, Florida; After intensifying into a devastating Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph. Super hurricane unleashed potentially 'unsurvivable' 20-foot giant hurricane high tide, Devastating hurricane-force winds and flooding.
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FILE – Residents fill sandbags at Helen Howarth Park ahead of Hurricane Helen's possible arrival in Pinellas Park, Florida, on September 25, 2024. (Joe Radle/Getty Images)
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee issued an unusual polar wind warning for several Big Bend counties ahead of the eyewall's approach.
The storm is expected to kill at least 40 people and cause property damage between $15 billion and $26 billion.
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