Dramatic video shows Hurricane Helene floods bursting into Tennessee man’s home: ‘We’re going into the attic’

Breathtaking footage captured the moment severe flooding caused by Hurricane Helene destroyed a Tennessee man’s home.

The homeowner, Jeffrey Fuller, streamed the hurricane that ripped through his property live on Facebook.

The video showed waist-deep water rushing through the house as Fuller shouted above the rushing current that the storm was “coming quickly… we’re going to the attic.”

It comes as the death toll from Hurricane Helene rose to at least 55 on Saturday, after the weather system left a trail of destruction stretching from Florida to the Carolinas.

In Tennessee, where Fuller’s footage was filmed, heavy rainfall from Helene caused the Nolichucky Dam to burst.

Stunning footage of the dam’s failure showed more than 30,000 cubic meters of water erupting per second – the equivalent of the volume of an Olympic swimming pool flowing through the small dam every three seconds.

Although Tennessee avoided some of the worst wind gusts that tore through Florida and Georgia, Helene moved more slowly across the state and pummeled it with heavy rain.

As Helene continues to slow, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast Saturday that the storm would weaken over the Tennessee Valley “today into tomorrow.”

The NHC marked the end of the natural disaster on Saturday by announcing that it would stop releasing hourly updates on Helene, which it had been doing since the hurricane made landfall on Thursday.

As of Saturday morning, Hurricane Helene was responsible for at least 55 reported deaths in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.

In South Carolina, where a total of 19 people died in the storm, two firefighters were among the dead.

George Satcher, 53, and Landon Bodie, who was just 18 years old, responded to a call Friday morning and were killed when a tree fell on their fire truck, News19 reported.

“It’s a reminder that these first responders put their lives on the line every day to protect the citizens they serve,” said David Jones of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced at least 11 deaths in the Sunshine State, including several drownings in coastal Pinellas County.

In Georgia, officials say the death toll rose to 15, with two people killed after being swept up in a tornado in Alamo, while North Carolina reported another six deaths. Among them was a four-year-old girl who died in a car accident caused by the storm.

Hurricane Helene made landfall after dark Thursday night, causing millions of Americans to wake up Friday morning to widespread destruction.

The Big Bend region of Florida was among the hardest hit, with images of the aftermath appearing apocalyptic.

Further destruction was seen on Treasure Island near Tampa, where dozens of mangled boats washed up on the streets.

Treasure Island has an elevation of 3 feet above sea level, which was no match for the approximately 8-foot storm surge seen in the Tampa Bay area.

Horseshoe Beach, a northern town much closer to where Helene landed, saw homes and businesses in ruins.

Despite urgent calls from officials to evacuate in the days and hours before, some residents remained in the storm’s path — with traumatized citizens crying as they saw entire blocks blasted by the storm, leaving nothing but planks of wood and other debris.

Michael Bobbitt, 48, was among those who decided to stay behind.

“We feel pretty let down here in Cedar Key. When we fought this at night, as bad as we thought it would be, it’s much worse in the daylight.

“Cedar Key as we know it is completely gone,” he told The New York Times.

‘Entire houses have been picked up and moved. To reach them we had to go through three feet of water. The post office has been destroyed.’