Hospital patients in Tennessee airlifted in dramatic rescue amid Helene floods
by Anna Betts and Richard Luscombe from US news | The Guardian on (#6R2F5)
More than 50 patients and staff evacuated from Unicoi hospital in Erwin after deadly hurricane overwhelms area
More than 50 hospital patients and staff were airlifted from the roof of the building in Tennessee on Friday afternoon in a dramatic rescue operation after flash flooding overwhelmed the area.
An urgent evacuation was launched as the storm effects of Hurricane Helene were felt far and wide, with the state emergency agency and the national guard responding to the situation that quickly unfolded at Unicoi hospital in Erwin, Tennessee, about 100 miles outside Knoxville.
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