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More than 50 people were stranded on the roof of an Erwin, Tennessee hospital due to flooding brought on by Tropical Storm Helene. Tennessee floods: All 54 people stranded on Unicoi County ...
"We do expect this number to change," spokesperson Myron Hughes of the Unicoi County Emergency Management Agency said during a 5 p.m. news conference. Tennessee officials r eported 153 people were ...
Virginia State Police aviation units out of Abingdon, Va., assist with rescues at the Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee. More than 50 patients and staff have been trapped on the roof of ...
The high winds and water levels prevented helicopter crews from airlifting patients and staff from Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee, hospital officials said. Some people were waiting on ...
The incident happened in Erwin, Tennessee, just a mile from Unicoi County Hospital, where that same day, dozens of staff and patients were stranded on a hospital roof prompting harrowing rescues.
Unicoi County (/ ˈ j uː n ɪ ˌ k ɔɪ /) is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,928. [2] Its county seat is Erwin. [3] Unicoi is a Cherokee word meaning "white," "hazy," "fog-like," or "fog draped," and refers to the mist often seen in the foothills and mountains of this far northeast county. [1]
In a statement Tuesday, the hospital system said Unicoi County emergency officials contacted it just before 9:40 a.m. Friday about a need to evacuate because of "unusually high and rising water ...
UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Flood waters forced an evacuation of the Unicoi County hospital on Friday and the facility is no longer usable. The tent is located at Unicoi County High School and ...