Homes Destroyed across North Carolina & Georgia after Large Tornado Outbreak

Towns across the Southeast are picking up the pieces tonight. Homes have been flattened, trees are down on houses, and cars were flipped over in a store parking lot after a string of tornadoes and flash floods tied to the remnants of Hurricane Isaias tore through North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida over the past few days.

And it isn't over. Flood warnings are still going out from the mountains of western North Carolina to outside Philadelphia, and even the desert Southwest is dealing with flooding tonight. Here's what's happening and what you need to know.

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At Least Five Tornadoes Hit Central North Carolina

As the remains of Isaias moved through as a tropical depression, the storm spun up at least five tornadoes across central North Carolina, and likely more. Trees were uprooted and homes were damaged in communities including Candor.

One of the wildest scenes came out of Fayetteville, where a tornado tossed cars around the Sam's Club parking lot. Shoppers walked in to buy groceries and came back out to find their vehicles flipped over, some sitting on top of shopping carts and totaled. Video near Goldston, North Carolina showed the clouds clearly rotating as one of the tornadoes moved through.

That's how fast it happens with tornadoes. There's very little time between "nothing is going on" and "your car is upside down," which is exactly why you need alerts that reach you the moment a warning is issued.

Georgia and Florida Hit Too

Georgia saw the same kind of damage: trees falling onto homes, cars with blown-out windows, and widespread wind damage.

On Pensacola Beach, Florida, homes had their roofs ripped completely off by hurricane-force winds. One post making the rounds showed a condo with its roof and whole rooms gone, and a 90-year-old man sitting right in the middle of it, smiling and giving a thumbs up. It's a picture of resilience, but also a reminder of just how violent these winds were.

Chimney Rock Is Flooding Again

Some of the hardest-hit places from Hurricane Helene can't catch a break. Flooding is now hitting parts of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, where the road still hasn't been fully rebuilt since Helene, and the water is already washing parts of it away again.

Flood warnings are still in effect tonight around Asheville, including near Hendersonville and Fletcher. A lot of water is still running down off the mountains, so flooding could get worse in these areas even after the rain stops. If you live near a creek or river in western North Carolina, stay alert overnight.

Remnants Moving Northeast, With Flood Warnings Near Philadelphia

What's left of Isaias is still pushing toward the Northeast, and flood warnings are now going up in places outside Philadelphia. If you're in the path, don't drive through flooded roads. It only takes a little moving water to sweep a car away.

Las Vegas Streets Turn Into Rivers

At the same time, the Southwest is flooding. Multiple flood alerts are out across Utah and around Las Vegas, and earlier today some Vegas roads looked like rivers, including near the big ferris wheel on the Strip.

Las Vegas has whole communities of people living in the underground flood tunnels, and crews went around warning and evacuating people from those tunnels ahead of the flooding. That's not something you see every day in the desert.

Three Hurricanes at Once

Part of the reason for all this destruction is that the U.S. has been dealing with three hurricanes at the same time: Hurricane Rachel, Hurricane Simon, and Hurricane Isaias. After a quiet season in the Atlantic and the Gulf, a powerful storm is now moving through the Appalachians in October, very late in the season. Storms on the East Coast and flooding out West, all at once.

What do you think is going on with all these weather anomalies? Let me know in the comments on the YouTube video.

Over 200,000 Still Without Power in Florida

Power outages are still a big problem. More than 200,000 people are still without power in Florida, mostly in the Panhandle, and about 24,000 are still in the dark in Alabama. The storm came through Friday and it's now Sunday night.

In the hardest-hit areas, power lines are down and buried under trees, so restoration could take a few more days at least, and for some people a week or two. Utilities bring the most people back online first, but if you're on a damaged line, you can end up waiting long after your neighbors across the street have power back.

That's why you need a backup plan:

• A generator or a solar generator / battery bank
• Stored water, food, and medications for several days
• Flashlights, batteries, and a way to charge your phone
• A plan for where to go if your home is damaged

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Stay safe, stay prepared, stay stocked up, and stay ready just in case. Big blessings to you and your family.

Watch the full video: Multiple US Towns were just totally WIPED OFF THE MAP