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☆ Impact Plastics: Tennessee factory says workers had time to flee Helene’s floodwaters. Their families disagree
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Alisha Ebrahimji | Caroll Alvarado | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The 56-year-old grandmother was one of 11 Tennessee plastics plant workers swept away by Hurricane Helene’s deadly floodwaters after they tried to leave the facility. Impact Plastics has forcefully denied those claims, saying late Thursday the allegations are false, and no employee was stopped from leaving. Supervisors “did not prohibit its employees from leaving” and “did not threaten anyone with discharge from employment,” Impact Plastics said. The agency, who is working with TBI to investigate, hadn’t yet received a fatality report from Impact Plastics as of Wednesday evening. Now Jarvis just has one question for Impact Plastics: “Why’d you make us work that day?

Persons: Elías Ibarra Mendoza, “, ” Ibarra Mendoza, Bertha Mendoza’s, Mendoza, Francesco Guerrero, Guadalupe Hernandez, Saul Young, Hurricane Helene –, Helene, Supervisors “, Greg Coleman, CNN’s, Kaitlin Collins ”, ” Coleman, “ We’ve, let’s, ” Gerald O’Connor, WCYB, Jacob Ingram, Hurricane Helene, Ingram, WVLT, ”, Water, O’Connor, TOSHA, Bertha, Guillermo Mendoza, “ That’s, “ We’re, ” Guillermo Mendoza, we’re, Monica Hernandez, Elizabeth Ramirez, Robert Jarvis, Jarvis, , texted, Erwin, ” Jarvis Organizations: CNN, Univision, Hurricane, Plastics, Associated Press, Impact Plastics, News Sentinel, USA, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tennessee Occupational Safety, Health Administration, Supervisors, WVLT, Impact Plastics Inc, National Weather Service, “ Employees, Senior, O’Connor, Employers, Emergency Management Agency, National Guard Locations: Tennessee, Erwin, Erwin , Tennessee, Florida, Southern, Hurricane, ”, Mendoza

North Carolina has racked up the highest death toll thus far with 106 fatalities reported. Kim AshbyKim Ashby, a North Carolina teacher of 20 years, is described as “the glue that holds everyone together,” her daughter, Jessica Meidinger, told CNN. A neighbor took a photo of the Ashby home in Elk Park, North Carolina, as it floated in the river on Friday. Omar Khan, 44, disappeared after Helene flooded Asheville, North Carolina. Julie Le Roux has been missing since a mudslide destroyed the Marion, North Carolina, home she had taken shelter in from the raging storm.

Persons: Helene, Deanne Criswell, CNN’s Jim Acosta, ”, Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller ., Steven Cloyd Steven Cloyd, Matthew Cloyd Matthew Cloyd, Steven Cloyd, he’s “, Matthew Cloyd, “, Steven, Keli Cloyd, Keli, he’d, ” Steven Cloyd texted, texted, ” Keli Cloyd, Matthew, Steven Cloyd’s Jeep, Kim Ashby Kim Ashby, Jessica Meidinger, Kim, Rod Ashby, Meidinger, ” Meidinger, ” Kim Ashby, Lauren Meidinger, Rod, ” Lauren, ‘, ’, stepdad, Kim Ashby, Ashby, ” Jessica Meidinger, Jessica, he’s, ” Lauren Meidinger, they’ve, she’s, Rosa Andrade, Carina Alonso, Erwin , Tennessee –, Alonso, WVLT, Andrade, ” Alonso, Francesco Guerrero, Rosa Maria Andrade Reynoso, Guadalupe Hernandez, Monica Hernandez Corona, Saul Young, Jimmy Erwin, ” Omar Khan Omar, floodwater, K.M, Khan, Omar Khan, Zubila Shafiq, ” K.M, Shafiq, could’ve, We’re, ” Shafiq, Julie Le Roux, John Norwood, Le Roux, WRAL, Norwood, Robert Martin, Will Kehler Organizations: CNN, FEMA, Carolina’s Buncombe County Sheriff’s, Buncombe County Sheriff, CNN News Central, News Sentinel, USA, Associated Press, WCYB, Emergency, ABC, WRAL Locations: United States, Carolina’s Buncombe County, Buncombe County, Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller . North Carolina, North Carolina, Rockford , Illinois, Elk Park , North Carolina, Tennessee, Sanford, Raleigh, Elk, floodwater, Erwin ,, Andrade, Erwin , Tennessee, Unicoi, Asheville , North Carolina, McDowell County, Norwood, Marion , North Carolina, ”

Near Perry, Florida, power flashes were seen as Hurricane Helene downed power lines on September 26, 2024. WACHIn South Carolina, Helene brought vicious winds and dumped “staggering” amounts of rain: up to 12 to 14 inches. Andy TomsThe western North Carolina city of Asheville was especially hard-hit. Tariq Bokhari/Daniel WhittakerFloods from Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on the western North Carolina village of Chimney Rock and the region surrounding Lake Lure. Heavy rainfall washed away a part of Interstate 40, a major highway connecting North Carolina and Tennessee.

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Floodwaters from Hurricane Helene trapped workers at an eastern Tennessee plastics factory, with several family members learning Monday that their loved ones didn't survive. Slowly, their postings were updated to say that their loved ones, several of them Latino, had died. In interviews with WCYB News 5 in Tennessee, family members said their loved ones had told them they were not advised what to do. “At no time were employees told that they would be fired if they left the facility. For employees who were non-English speaking, bilingual employees were among the group of managers who delivered the message,” the company stated.

Persons: Helene, Alexa Peterson, Erwin, Johnny Peterson, Peterson, Fernando Ruiz, ”, Gerald O’Connor, Joe Biden, Guadalupe Hernandez Corona, Monica Hernandez, “, ” Hernandez Corona Organizations: Impact Plastics, NBC News, WCYB, “, Employees, Tennessee, Refugee Rights Coalition Locations: Tennessee, Erwin, Unicoi County, Florida, North Carolina

☆ Ex-trooper bought home, blacked out windows, weeks before allegedly killing family of teen he catfished, seller says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Property records from Smyth County, Virginia, list Austin Lee Edwards as the owner of the home on Allison Gap Road. “It still doesn’t feel real," Gordon told NBC affiliate WCYB of Bristol, Virginia. A fire that authorities believe was intentionally set broke out at their home and Edwards allegedly drove off with the teen. Gordon said Edwards told him that he moved to the area because he'd grown up in the region and wanted to return. The last time Gordon said he saw Edwards was Tuesday, Nov. 22, three days before the Wineks were killed.

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