ORLANDO — It’s Gus Malzahn against Deion Sanders. It’s KJ Jefferson taking on Shedeur Sanders. It’s RJ Harvey vs. Travis Hunter, and so much more when UCF football hosts Colorado Saturday.

Kickoff between the Knights and Buffaloes is slated for 3:30 p.m. at the Bounce House.

Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff set the stage. It marked the first time the pregame show visited anywhere in Florida. Saturday is also the first-ever meeting between UCF and Colorado.

Both teams enter 1-0 in the Big 12 Conference, and a victory will keep them at least tied atop the standings. The Knights, who enjoyed a bye last week, hold a 3-0 overall record and are vying for their first 4-0 start since 2018. The Buffaloes sit at 3-1, but they stunned Baylor 38-31 in overtime during their league opener last Saturday.

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MONTREAL — Tony Finau could feel a big change when he stepped onto the first tee at the Presidents Cup on Friday. The horseshoe-shaped stand was full and loud. The gallery was four deep in the first fairway. The mood was completely different.

The biggest difference was the scoreboards. They changed from red to gold.

All of them.

In a stunning turnaround at Royal Montreal, the Internationals flipped the script on the U.S. team by winning the four-game session, a performance so lopsided that the Americans only led in one of the five games, and that was by just over a hole.

Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im set the record for the largest victory in the Presidents Cup. Jason Day secured the full point with a chip that was great even by his standards. Si Woo Kim capped off a perfect day with a 15-foot par putt.

Three of the games didn’t get past the 14th hole.

“Unbelievable,” said Adam Scott, who was playing in the Presidents Cup for the 11th time without ever winning. “To come back after a hard day yesterday and show everyone what this team is made of is just incredible. … This team knows what they are capable of now.”

Tom Kim didn’t have a big role and played it anyway. The 22-year-old from South Korea said Thursday that the crowd was too quiet and he hoped Canadian fans would “help us a little more.”

They did, and scorecards filled with golden international clues weren’t even necessary. The noise throughout Royal Montreal made it clear what was happening. Inside the bonds, the Americans could do nothing about it.

“We definitely felt the energy from the start,” Finau said. “I hit the first tee shot in our group yesterday, and I hit the first tee shot today. It was a night and day difference, I think, just the noise and the energy.”

Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, 3-0 in foursomes at the Presidents Cup, never had a chance against Matsuyama and Im. The Internationals had birdies on their final seven holes, a stunning streak considering they were alternating shots, resulting in a 7-6 win.

It tied a Presidents Cup record last set in 2011, when Scott and KJ Choi defeated Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker in 12 holes. The Americans didn’t help matters by failing to reach a fairway until the eighth hole. On the other hand, Matsuyama and Im were at 8 under through 12 holes.

Right behind them, Scott and Taylor Pendrith made three birdies in a row. They never trailed, losing just one hole in a 5-4 win against Sahith Theegala and Collin Morikawa. Scott became the most successful international player of all time, overtaking Ernie Els with his 22nd career point.

The Canadians also delivered. Mackenzie Hughes and Corey Conners won the first two holes in a 6-and-5 win over Wyndham Clark and Finau. They only lost one hole, and that was only after they had a lead of 6 after 11 holes.

It was the first time in Presidents Cup history that a team won three games in a single session by the 14th hole.

“There was a lot of belief in the room and among the guys that we can still do this. We’re still a great team and we still have a lot of golf ahead of us,” Hughes said. “We came here this morning with our heads held high, our heads held high and ready to play.”

Two games went the distance and the Internationals were just as relentless.

Day and Christiaan Bezuidenhout were in 18th place ahead of Max Homa and Brian Harman. Day stood in front of a field of muddy grass that had been tamped down by spectators. One of the best chippers in golf, even he was impressed when he saw it roll out to 30cm.

“The lie wasn’t that great. It was wet,” Day said. “So I just tried to understand the lie a little better through practice swings. Will it bounce? Will it dig? Just because it’s so wet.”

“Halfway through the shot I held my hand up because I knew it was going to be a good shot.”

And then Si Woo Kim let out one final cheer. In a match where 13 holes were halved, Kim and Byeong Hun An were 1 ahead of Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley when An hit left into a thick, awkward lie in the rough and Kim hit the green couldn’t reach.

“It was a tough second shot, so I told him, ‘Just get me within 15 feet and I’ll do it.’ And I knew I had a chance to win,” Kim said.

Henley missed a 25-foot birdie putt. Kim made a 15-foot par putt to secure another 1-up win, another full point and a deadlock heading into the weekend.

There are two sessions on Saturday – four four-ball games, four four-a-side games – before the 12 singles games on Sunday.

It’s almost like starting over, and now it becomes a sprint.

“I’m just so proud of the boys, so excited for them,” said International captain Mike Weir. “Playing so well yesterday and not having any points on the board was disappointing. So I couldn’t be happier to see how hard they work, how they persevere and that we captains and I ask them to persevere and believe.”

It was the sixth time a Presidents Cup session had been won and the first for the international team since a 6-0 four-over win in South Africa in 2003.

It was the second time that the Presidents Cup was played in a draw after two sessions. In 2003, it was 5.5-5.5 and ended in a tie at 17-17 after Woods and Els tied through three sudden-death playoff holes and captains Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player tied under cover of darkness agreed.

Weir produced three of his best foursome matches for Saturday morning’s Fourballs session; US captain Jim Furyk retained three of his fourballs partnerships from Thursday.

“I said yesterday: ‘Your back is against the wall. They’re going to come out firing,’” Furyk said. “Well, I’m sure my guys in the team room are a little upset right now. The idea is to come out and shoot tomorrow.”

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Former President Trump campaigned in the Wisconsin town of Prairie du Chien on Saturday, making migrant crime a central part of his speech after a rape suspect was arrested in the small, rural community.

The rally, which was supposed to take place outside but was moved indoors due to a lack of staff at the Secret Service, focused on migrant crime. During the speech, Trump referred to the arrest of alleged attack suspect Alejandro Jose Coronel Zarate, 26, who is an alleged member of Venezuela’s violent migrant gang Tren de Aragua.

According to WXOW, Zarate was charged earlier this month with sexual assault, assault, strangulation and suffocation, as well as false imprisonment, child abuse and disorderly conduct.

The suspect accused of sexually assaulting a mother and abusing her daughter “in particularly brutal circumstances” was arrested on September 6 in Prairie du Chien.

The White House mother is outraged by data showing how many illegal immigrants there are in the United States

“Just this month, police here in this beautiful city arrested an illegal alien member of a brutal Venezuelan prison gang called Tren de Agua,” Trump described. “These are really bad ones. This vile monster was accused of holding a mother and daughter captive against their will and sexually abusing them over and over again.”

The Republican presidential candidate also took aim at his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, who has been criticized for her border policies.

“This animal has crossed Kamala’s wide open border, along with hundreds of thousands of others worse off than him, worse off than he is,” Trump continued. “He was arrested and released in the sanctuary city of Minneapolis.”

WALZ ROASTED AFTER DECLARING AT THE RALLY: “WE CAN’T AFFORD FOUR YEARS OF THIS”.

“By the way, I will disband all sanctuary cities immediately after the takeover,” he added.

Last week, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., told Fox News Digital that the Prairie du Chien community was shaken by the arrest. Van Orden’s grandchildren live less than a mile from the home where the mother and daughter were abused.

“Why should a town of 5,500 people … be afraid to let their children play in their front yard?” said the politician. “Three years ago that wasn’t the case.”

Van Orden noted that Wisconsin’s agriculture relies on migrant workers, but emphasized the need for immigration reform in the interest of public safety.

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“I’ve been to the border three times… They let a man with gang tattoos into the country and you get a medical exam before you cross the border. They’re giving them medical exams because they don’t want people.” “I’m getting tuberculosis,” the Republican congressman said incredulously.

Christina Coulter of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.

“The old containers were much better.”

Food safety is an important part of any retail store that offers ready-to-eat and hot foods.

But what happens when the storage method could have unintended consequences for customers?

A Costco shopper says he got sick multiple times after eating the wholesaler’s fried chicken.

In a video posted to TikTok that garnered over 583,000 views, nutritionist @thejacked.gentleman says he got sick twice after eating Costco’s packaged fried chicken.

He believes the chicken sitting in the plastic bag allows the bird to develop bacteria that will be transferred to it when consumed.

@thejacked.gentleman Costco “Chicken-in-a-Bag” made me sick twice the next day! I believe that if you let it cool on the counter before putting it in the fridge, bacteria will develop. The first day is fine, but after that I wouldn’t eat it again. #costco #costcobuys #costcochicken #foodpoisioning ♬ Original sound – TheJackedGentleman

“After I switched to chicken in a bag, I got sick twice,” he says in the video. “I don’t think it’s a problem on the first day. When you get it home, let it cool on the counter before putting it in the fridge. I think bacteria are developing.”

He continues: “In the old containers, the chicken used to stay above the juice and not just in the hot plastic juices laden with chemicals and bacteria. I don’t understand it anymore.”

The Daily Dot reached out to @thejacked.gentleman via TikTok direct message and Costco via a contact form about the video.

Has Costco changed its chicken packaging?

Yes. Earlier this year, Costco switched from using plastic clamshell packaging to thinner plastic bags for its fried chicken in an effort to reduce plastic usage and waste. Initially, customers complained that the bag was leaking and were concerned about not storing the bird in their refrigerators.

About the concerns

The poster’s summary that braising the chicken in its own juices might not be too far off. After customers reported leaks, Consumer Reports investigated whether the bags were safe. According to Consumer Reports, experts say that the leaking chicken liquid could itself become a breeding ground for bacteria if it gets onto a surface like a kitchen countertop.

There are also concerns that chemicals from the plastic bag packaging could leach into the chicken itself. Any type of heating over a long period of time can cause some plastic additives to leach into the packaged food and cause the plastic to decompose.

Viewers agree

Some who saw the video were quick to point out that there is plenty of opportunity for bacteria to grow in warm-prepared foods if stored improperly.

“Cooling on the counter allows bacteria to thrive,” one commenter wrote. “Straight into the fridge or an ice bath to cool down quickly.”

“In Australia… we’ve been eating chicken in a bag since I was a kid and I’m middle-aged,” another added. “It should also cool quickly…right in the fridge. They let it grow bacteria.”

“You don’t refrigerate on the counter, you take it out of the bag and put it in the fridge straight away,” said another.

Others shared that they also felt unwell after eating Costco rotisserie.

“No it’s the chicken, I felt sick the first time I tried it,” one commenter wrote. “Never had it again.”

“Wait, I got sick after eating the last Costco chicken I got so I haven’t bought any since,” one user reiterated. “I didn’t think it might just be the case.”

“To be honest, the last two times I also wondered if I had become ill. I thought it was just a coincidence and after watching this I’m even more convinced,” one commenter wrote.

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No. 14 Notre Dame will never get over this month’s loss to Northern Illinois, especially because the Huskies have lost two of three games since the upset in South Bend.

But the College Football Playoff math still favors the Fighting Irish: Win and you’re (very likely) in the 12-team field.

Saturday’s 31-24 win over No. 17 Louisville will help restore Notre Dame’s reputation. In a game seemingly lacking major contenders this year, the Fighting Irish survived a sloppy start to beat a team ranked high in the ACC standings.

In fact, this win against the Cardinals could be the highlight of Notre Dame’s record heading into the final playoff rankings in early December.

He Slid Into Her DMs is a new Lifetime film inspired by the story of an influencer whose stalker shows up on her doorstep, premiering Saturday, September 28th.

The film airs at 8 p.m. ET on Lifetime. Those without cable can watch the show for free via Philo or DirecTV Stream, each of which offers a free trial for new users. Sling is another option for streaming the show and special offers are available.

• Watch how he slipped into her DMS for free here

The new Lifetime film is inspired by the true story of 17-year-old social media influencer Berni, whose stalker showed up on her doorstep with a gun after she blocked him online.

According to Lifetime, Berni’s boyfriend Zack leaves her, so a heartbroken Berni strikes up a friendship with Mason, one of her online fans, and agrees to sell him private “fan photos.” After Berni and Zack get back together, Berni tries to end things with Mason before it turns deadly.

Watch a trailer for the Lifetime movie here.

How can I watch He Slid Into Her DMs without cable?

Those without cable can watch the show for free via Philo or DirecTV Stream, each of which offers a free trial for new users. Sling is another option for streaming the show and special offers are available.

what is Philo?

Philo is a premium internet live TV streaming service that offers over 70 entertainment and lifestyle channels such as AMC, BET, MTV, Comedy Central and more at the low price of $28 per month.

what is DirecTV stream?

The streaming platform offers a wealth of content including the best of live and on-demand streaming, starting with more than 75 live TV channels.

what is loop?

Sling TV is the first app-based TV service that lets you stream live television and on-demand content over the Internet. Sling TV lets you choose the TV option that’s right for you, including Channel Add-ons, Premiums Add-ons, DVR Plus, and more.

Songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, REM, Burna Boy, Rush and many others are currently unplayable on YouTube in the US due to a legal dispute between the platform and performance rights organization SESAC.

Attempts to play many, but not all, of these artists’ songs on Saturday resulted in the following message: “This video contains content from SESAC. It is not available in your country.”

A similar dispute between Universal Music Group and TikTok lasted several months earlier this year before being resolved.

In a statement about this Diversity, A YouTube representative said: “We have been negotiating in good faith with SESAC to extend our existing contract. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we were unable to reach a fair agreement before the deadline. We take copyright very seriously and therefore the content represented by SESAC is no longer available on YouTube in the United States. We are in active discussions with SESAC and hope to reach a new agreement as soon as possible.” Representatives for SESAC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Performing rights organizations such as ASCAP, BMI and SESAC in the US collect royalties and help protect copyrights on behalf of songwriters and music publishers. They have the ability to block certain public performances of music — which includes everything from streaming to radio to music played in restaurants — although such bans are cumbersome and difficult to enforce, even for a platform as large as YouTube, as the seemingly scattered numbers show prove blockage of SESAC material on the platform at the moment.

Such blocks are legally complex and may affect other copyright holders (for example, a live recording of the British broadcaster BBC’s Green Day is currently available, suggesting litigation), although they may also reflect the sheer volume of videos that are blocked must be. Certain songs by Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj and other artists are also affected, presumably because they are featured by songwriters affiliated with SESAC.

Fans quickly noticed the ban and received the following responses from the TeamYouTube account on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday.

“We hear you,” it says. “Our music licensing agreement with SESAC has expired without agreement on renewal terms, despite our best efforts. “For this reason, we have blocked content on YouTube in the US that is known to be associated with SESAC – in accordance with copyright law.”

Responding to frustrated follow-up tweets from users, the company said: “We understand this is a difficult situation and our teams continue to work to reach an extension agreement” and “We are continuing our discussions with SESAC to “I don’t have exact dates for future updates yet.”

Such suspensions often occur when rights holders (e.g. record labels, publishers and PROs) and a broadcaster cannot agree on a licensing agreement, and typically last no longer than a few days or weeks. But along with the heated UMG-TikTok battle earlier this year, such a dispute between YouTube and Warner Music Group led to Warner withdrawing its videos from the platform for about nine months in 2008 and 2009 before terms were reached became.

In recent years, YouTube’s formerly contentious relationship with music companies has become much more positive, ironically after the company hired former Warner recording chief Lyor Cohen as music chief in 2016. But as music fans learned on Saturday, disputes still arise.

diversity I will have more information on the situation as it develops.

Additional reporting by Steven J. Horowitz

Several countries around the world are investing heavily in lithium extraction to support battery production for electric vehicles (EVs) and utility-scale storage. This has led to tremendous growth in mining projects in lithium hubs such as the Lithium Triangle in South America. It has also encouraged greater exploration in less productive areas as energy companies seek to strengthen their supply chains through domestic lithium production. In the United States, Arkansas is quickly becoming a major lithium hub and additional lithium states are expected to emerge following major exploration activities.

The Biden administration has supported the development of the domestic lithium industry with favorable policies for mining activities that support the green transition, as well as funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). This is part of the government’s commitment to ensuring a reliable supply of essential minerals to support the deployment of renewable energy and clean technologies.

In March of this year, the US Department of Energy (DoE) announced Financing of up to $2.26 billionConstruction of the Thacker Pass Lithium Project in Nevada under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. The mine is expected to come online later this decade and supply General Motors (GM) with lithium. Lithium Americas will extract approximately 40,000 tons of battery-grade lithium carbonate annually from Thacker Pass, which could power up to 800,000 electric vehicles. This will eventually rise to around 80,000 tonnes per year. GM has made additional investments 650 million dollars in the project.

In November last year, Exxon Mobil announced plans to produce lithium in the US starting in 2027. The Company will operate operations in Arkansas using conventional oil and gas drilling methods to access lithium deposits. Exxon works with Tetra Technologies for its lithium business under the brand name Mobil Lithium. American Battery Technology Company, Applied Materials and Cirba Solutions jointly received the award $2.8 billion in DoE funding for 21 new, upgraded and expanded commercial-scale lithium processing and battery recycling facilities.

Albemarle, a major lithium producer, is pursuing lithium production in North Carolina. Earlier this year, the company announced plans to reopen the resource-rich Kings Mountain lithium mine in the state by the end of 2026, backed by 150 million dollars in DoE funding. However, it faced backlash from environmentalists and indigenous groups who wanted to block the development, leading to delays. Albemarle wants to expand its domestic lithium production. The company currently operates the Silver Peak mine in Nevada first lithium producing mine in North America.

Based on recent discoveries, the US could be on the path to lithium independence. In September last year, a group of scientists funded by Lithium Americas Corporation founded reported that the McDermitt Caldera, a volcanic crater on the Nevada-Oregon border, holds between 20 and 40 million tons of lithium deposits, almost twice as much as in Bolivia, which forms part of it Lithium triangle. In December, the Department of Energy announced that it had confirmed another large lithium deposit beneath California’s Salton Sea. It said there were around 3,400 kilotons of lithium, which would be enough for over 375 million electric car batteries. This is well above the 14 million tonnes previously mapped by the US Geological Survey.

Although recent lithium discoveries in the US are significant, the country still has limited capacity to extract, refine and produce domestic lithium. The largest lithium producers in the world are currently Australia, Chile, China, Argentina, Brazil, Zimbabwe, the USA and Portugal. The United States is the only one of these countries to have had such an experience Decline in lithium production in the last decade. It also has the lowest lithium production relative to the size of its reserves of these countries.

However, there are some High hopes for the future of US-produced lithium with Arkansas is developing into an important transshipment point for the critical mineral. Several large companies, including companies such as ExxonMobil, Albemarle and Standard Lithium, have invested in mining operations in Arkansas. Based on recent exploration activities, lithium reserves in the state are of high quality, which should allow for easier extraction.

The USA is investing heavily in the development of direct lithium extraction (DLE) technologies to increase their production potential. DLE technologies can extract up to 90 percent of the lithium in brine, well above traditional pond extraction rates of around 50 percent. You can also extract the mineral in days instead of months, potentially making production much cheaper and faster. However, DLE has not yet been proven to work on a large scale, meaning the US will need to further develop the technology or deploy conventional production techniques on a larger scale to increase its lithium production capacity.

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Helene continues to unleash its fury across the Southeast after leaving at least 55 people dead in five states, leveling communities, knocking out power and stranding many in floodwaters following the historic storm’s landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday night as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane. Here’s the latest:

• Deaths across 5 states: Over 50 storm-related deaths have been reported in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. At least 19 are dead in South Carolina, including two firefighters in Saluda County, according to state officials. In Georgia, at least 17 people have died, two of them killed by a tornado in Alamo, according to a spokesperson for Gov. Brian Kemp. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday morning raised the number of confirmed dead there to 11, including several people who drowned in Pinellas County. Six more deaths were reported in North Carolina and they include a car wreck on a storm-slick road that killed a 4-year-old girl. And in Craig County, Virginia, one person died in a storm-related tree fall and building collapse, Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Friday.

• Hundreds of roads closed: More than 400 roads remain closed in western North Carolina, the state Department of Transportation said Saturday morning. “All roads in Western NC should be considered closed,” its post on X reads. Multiple sections of Interstates 40 and 26, main thoroughfares for traveling into and out of Asheville, remain closed Saturday either due to flooding or landslides, according to the state Department of Transportation. Since Thursday, Buncombe County has received over 5,500 911 calls and conducted more than 130 swiftwater rescues. Officials warned residents to stay away from the water because of downed power lines, sewage contamination and debris. An emergency shelter is currently serving 400 people at the WNC Agricultural Center near Asheville Regional Airport. The local airport said its operations are “cancelled for the remainder of the day,” and thanked residents for their patience, during the “unprecedented natural disaster.” A curfew remains in effect in Asheville from 7:30 p.m. Saturday to 7:30 a.m. Sunday and will be extended past Sunday, officials said.

• More than 3 million without power: The remnants of Helene continued to knock out power for several states across the eastern US on Saturday, with roughly 3.1 million customers left in the dark in areas like South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida and Ohio, according to PowerOutage.us.

• Storm rescue missions underway: There are “multiple fatalities” in Buncombe County, North Carolina, and more than 60 people unaccounted for in the county after the storm brought by Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding in what officials are calling “biblical devastation” across the area. In hard-hit Buncombe County, which includes the city of Asheville, more than 150 search and rescue operations are underway as emergency services continue to be overwhelmed, said Avril Pinder, the county’s manager, at a Saturday news conference. Ryan Cole, Buncombe County’s assistant emergency services director said there are “multiple fatalities,” at this time but did not have a firm death toll number as of Saturday evening. Nearly 4,000 National Guardsmen were conducting rescue efforts in 21 counties across Florida, the Defense Department said Friday. North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama have also activated guardsmen. The Biden administration has also mobilized more than 1,500 federal personnel to support communities affected by Helene, Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday.

• More rain predicted: Additional rainfall is expected this weekend across portions of the southern Appalachian region. Additional totals of up to 1 inch are expected for areas of western North Carolina, including Asheville, and eastern Tennessee, including Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. Up to 2 inches is possible for portions of Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania through Monday. “Although rainfall amounts will be light, areas that received excessive rainfall from Helene may see isolated aggression of excessive runoff,” the National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg said Saturday morning.

• Water conservation urged: Residents in the Greeneville, Tennessee, area are being urged to conserve as much water as possible after flooding due to heavy rainfall along the Nolichucky River washed out all the Chuckey Utility District’s water lines crossing the river. Repairs to the water lines are expected to take place “as soon as conditions are safe for everyone,” the utility district said. The North Carolina State Emergency Operations Center is sending potable water to Asheville, as a boil water advisory remains in effect for customers who have water, the city said.

• FEMA chief sees Florida damage: Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell is on the ground in Florida on Saturday, surveying damage and assessing the need for federal resources. FEMA says it has more than 800 deployed staff supporting states affected by the hurricane. “Our distribution centers are fully stocked and ready to provide commodities and equipment to any impacted state as required,” FEMA said in a release. Among those involved are the Department of Homeland Security, the Coast Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Salvation Army, the release said. The American Red Cross said at least 1,900 people remained at about 80 shelters after evacuation orders were lifted.

• Severe flooding in North Carolina: Helene “is one of the worst storms in modern history for parts of North Carolina,” Gov. Roy Cooper said. Western parts of the state were slammed by heavy rains and strong winds bordering on hurricane-strength levels, life-threatening flash flooding, numerous landslides and power outages. More than 200 people have been rescued from floodwaters in North Carolina, according to a Saturday update from the governor. Search and rescue operations remain underway as over 700,000 people across the state remain without power. More than 2 feet of rain fell in the state’s mountainous region from Wednesday morning to Friday morning, with Busick recording a total of 29.58 inches in just 48 hours. In the hard-hit city of Asheville, a citywide curfew was in effect until 7:30 a.m. Saturday, officials said. About 20 miles southwest of Asheville, overwhelming, torrential rainfall was pushing the Lake Lure Dam into “imminent failure,” according to the National Weather Service, but Rutherford County officials said early Saturday the dam is no longer at risk. Engineers controlled the flow rate, according to Rutherford County Emergency Management, but the town is still experiencing cell and internet service issues along with roadways blocked by fallen trees and power lines.

• Dam break no longer imminent: A flash flood warning for towns and cities immediately below the Nolichucky Dam on the Nolichucky River Saturday due to dam operators reporting “excessive water flow” over the dam was allowed to expire as water levels receded. The dam had been facing potential imminent breach but no longer is, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency announced at a noon news conference. The agency worked with Tennessee Valley Authority “to confirm that the Nolichucky is not in that state anymore and that we have no dam failures that are reported at the moment,” TEMA Chief of Staff Alex Pellom said.

• The threat isn’t over: Helene’s remnants will continue to bring rain and gusty winds over hundreds of miles of the East. Multiple states have recorded more than a foot of rain, with at least 14 different flash flood emergencies issued for approximately 1.1 million people in the Southern Appalachians of Western North Carolina and adjacent parts of Tennessee, South Carolina and Virginia. In addition to the rainfall, winds continued to gust 30 to 50 mph over the Ohio and Tennessee Valley regions Friday evening and more than 35 million people were under wind alerts heading into Saturday.

• Dozens rescued from hospital roof in Tennessee: More than 50 people stranded on the roof of Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee, were rescued after rapidly rising waters from Helene made evacuation impossible Friday morning, Ballad Health said.

• Helene disrupts travel and delivery services: Helene has caused numerous disruptions to travel and delivery services. Several Amtrak trains arriving or departing Florida and Georgia have been canceled, the company said. Delivery services were also impacted, with UPS announcing it has suspended service to Florida, North Carolina and Georgia because of the storm. FedEx likewise suspended or limited its service in five states. Water inundated countless roadways across the region, making them impassable. In North Carolina, 290 roads were closed throughout the state, and Gov. Roy Cooper said the state’s transportation department is shutting down even more roadways as severe flooding, landslides and washed-out roads pose serious threats to public safety.

• Helene is now a post-tropical cyclone: Helene – the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region – is now a post-tropical cyclone with winds of 35 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. It means Helene no longer has an organized center of circulation and is losing its hurricane-like features. But this change doesn’t alter much of Helene’s overall threat going forward, as Helene will continue to unleash heavy, flooding rainfall and gusty winds. Keith Turi of FEMA warned residents of the dangers remaining from Helene even after it passes. “There are a lot of dangers in those floodwaters, things you can see and sometimes things you can’t see that are going under the surface, and so really you need to stay out of those floodwaters,” Turi told CNN.

Trapped at home: ‘I really don’t know what to do’

Jennifer Replogle, a pregnant mother of two young children, is “completely trapped” at home in Tater Hill, North Carolina, elevation 4,200 feet, above Boone, where hurricanes are not the norm.

“We weren’t prepared for this,” she said via text early Saturday morning. “The roads are gone, like completely gone.”

Power has been out since early Friday, she said.

Replogle said she has no food and is running out of water.

The few narrow, windy roads from the mountain into Boone are impassable, she said.

“Our basement flooded yesterday. If they don’t get somebody to us soon, I really don’t know what to do,” Replogle said.

She is worried about the plumbing and water services business she and her husband own. They have seen a photo of it with the parking lot flooded and fear “we have lost most of everything.”

Their employees are also “trapped” at home or staying with friends, Replogle said.

Florida and Georgia communities devastated

Helene cut a massive path of destruction across Florida, Georgia and the Southeastern US, snapping trees and power lines, and mangling hundreds of homes. As millions were left without essentials like electricity and some with nowhere to return to after the ravaging storm, rescue crews set out to save people trapped in wreckage or underwater.

In Cedar Key, Florida, the devastation is so widespread, it is not safe enough to allow residents or volunteers back into the small community off the Florida coast, city officials said Friday. The town doesn’t have any sewage water or power, “so there’s really not a whole lot to be able to sustain people being here,” Cedar Key Mayor Sue Colson said.

Scores of historical buildings and new homes have been decimated, while roads were blocked by downed wires and “extremely dangerous” debris, the mayor said. “It’s just a multifaceted mess,” Colson said.

Another small, tight-knit Florida community, Keaton Beach, is picking up the pieces of their lives left behind by the ravages of Helene.

“You look at Keaton Beach … almost every home was destroyed, or the vast majority, and some totally obliterated. It’s because they had such a massive surge that went in there,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday, adding the storm surge might have been as high as 20 feet.

The town’s Beach Bums gas station was three days away from celebrating the five-year anniversary of its opening when it collapsed, said owner Jared Hunt, who spent the morning helping residents look for personal belongings, salvaging what’s left.

One Keaton Beach resident stood with his wife in front of the wreckage of what used to be their home, wondering where they might go next.

“Man, I just lost my house. I have nowhere else to go,” Eric Church told CNN. “My house is laying here in a pile. It was sitting right there. There are just pillars left in the ground. I got a wife and two dogs with me. What am I supposed to do?”

Church’s wife, Erin Peelar, said the couple had just purchased the home and expected some water from the hurricane, not for the house “to disappear.”

“The house has been here for 75 years and that’s the whole reason we bought it six months ago, having faith it would be here for another 75,” Peelar said.

DeSantis said he believes Hurricane Helene inflicted more damage than Hurricane Idalia in 2023, which at the time was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region in more than 125 years.

Over in Georgia, multiple people were trapped after at least 115 structures in the southern city of Valdosta in Lowndes County were heavily damaged by Helene, Gov. Brian Kemp said Friday.

“The damage to our community is substantial and appears much worse than Hurricane Idalia,” the Lowndes County Emergency Management said on its Facebook page.

‘Complete pandemonium’ amid North Carolina floodwaters

Residents of Asheville, North Carolina, described “complete pandemonium” in their city after Helene brought several feet of floodwater and pushed large debris into streets overnight.

Samuel Hayes said he woke up with several calls from his employees telling him about fallen trees on their roofs, water pouring into their homes and mudslides.

“Complete pandemonium around the city,” Hayes told CNN’s Isabel Rosales. “It’s going to take us a long time to clean this up.”

Hayes and another Asheville native, Maxwell Kline, described the River Arts District neighborhood as being inundated with oil-contaminated floodwaters.

“A lot of businesses are completely wrecked … I’ve never seen anything like that since I’ve lived here. It’s absolutely a tragedy,” Kline said.

Gas pumps were down and they lost power, internet and cell phone service for hours, they said. “Can’t get anything right now – no food you can buy, no gas, nothing,” Kline said.

About 25 miles outside of Asheville, a lifelong resident of Hendersonville said she was traumatized by the onslaught of Helene. “I never knew anything like this could happen here,” Avery Dull, 20, told CNN.

Dull and her neighbors were “extremely unprepared” for the deluge, and she saw at least one person busting out of their window, she said. But her apartment is still intact because it’s on the second floor, Dull said.

“Luckily we were on high ground, but those people lost everything,” Dull said. “Half of my neighborhood is underwater and dozens of families are trapped inside of their homes. Cars have been completely submerged and totaled, and power is out across the county.”

Elsewhere in North Carolina, shattered glass, rocks and mud covered one couple’s car after a landslide triggered by Helene came crashing down onto Interstate 40 as they were driving through Black Mountain.

Kelly Keffer said her husband saw something coming from the corner of his eye and then they started to hear pounding on top of the car, so he stepped on the gas. Then, the whole side of the mountain started sliding, Alan Keffer said. Alan thought they would be able to speed past it, but it slid faster than he thought.

Within less than a minute, “the rocks, the dirt, everything hit us. It was scary,” he said. The back window was completely shattered, Kelly said.

In Erwin, Tennessee – just over 40 miles north of Asheville, North Carolina – flooding submerged houses, buildings and roadways.

Erwin resident Nathan Farnor said he evacuated the area on Friday afternoon, when his home was slightly above water level, then he fled to an area a few miles away on higher ground.

“The power remains out, and it appears that most businesses, homes, and campgrounds near the river have suffered a total loss,” Farnor said, “Sadly, the situation does not appear to be improving.”

CNN’s Emma Tucker, Elise Hammond, Ashley R. Williams, Taylor Ward, Taylor Romine, Mary Gilbert, Brandon Miller, Alaa Elassar, Nicole Chavez, Josh Replogle, Isabel Rosales, Taylor Galgano, Caroll Alvarado, Sara Smart, Andy Rose, Nic F. Anderson and Paradise Afshar contributed to this report.

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