Hurricane Helene strengthens to Category 4 | Special Report

Hurricane Helene strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 on Thursday as it neared Florida's Big Bend area, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell leads a special report.
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[@Honestandtruth007]

Helene is Deadly and Dangerous Hurricane 🌀🌀. Hopefully no one loose their life

[@edwardquimby1960]

Reporting with scuba gear on.

[@kimc813]

Hope that guy giving the news outside is safe and he is getting a big check $$$ for being reporting in such a dangerous situation.

[@DorcasLandry]

No that is part of the job description for costal reporters You have put in a few years of that

[@dancinggrace22MSU]

I never understood why they make these weather reporters go to the dangerous areas. There's enough security cameras.

[@jonas9456015]

Sometimes I think they might like it.

[@BillyTurner-vb3hf]

All show

[@JakariBey]

Bcuz corporations dont care about ppl..they pretend and lie.

[@trumpanzee-whisperer47]

It makes good TV

[@BreatheTheMatrix]

They want the good shot and then dip right after, trust me these weather people know what they’re doing to get the clicks but also dip out.

[@Simrata_]

Love and Light from Canada ❤

[@AG-ob6sz]

It dump five days of rain on Jamaica...

[@KChelseaVenus]

Please take your pets when you evacuate. Do not leave them behind! There are plenty of shelters and hotels that now take pets.

[@mikemesa1251]

Do people not take their pets?! wtf?!

[@BradleyFernandez-jk4oq]

​@@mikemesa1251Unfortunately yes 😢

[@PhilipVaughn-ri8vb]

pet shops carry replacement pets

[@NoodlesEaton]

My dog and parrot go where I go. It is cruel to leave animals in this mess.

[@chriswhite3332]

Good idea! The Haitians might eat them! 😮

[@normawilkins2234]

He's making me a nervous

[@mikezylstra7514]

46 mph winds can be real DANGEROUS!

[@PatriceButler49]

Prayers for my family and yours in Jesus name 🙏🏾

[@MsT-xm8xz]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@vog8203]

Live Pensacola . I started to feel strong wind gusting

[@jodiforrester7]

Lord be with you ❤

[@billblake9665]

Stay alert stay calm

[@hjordistorfa]

Thank you for the update.. Best wishes to everyone involved Hopeing the best.. Greetings from Skandinavia ✨️🇮🇸😊👍💞✨️

[@tknow9298]

Thank you for your kind words. I live south of Gainesville FL and the wind is fierce. A very heavy rain is projected in a few hours. Fortunately, we do not live near the Gulf/ocean so no storm surge for us.

[@gregorypatton4706]

This reporter in Tampa has more balls than the night stalker Darren McGavin.

[@JadaEbong]

Do the reporters draw a short straw to be the person reporting in-person on dangerous events?

[@DorcasLandry]

@@JadaEbong Probably They sent Ali Veshi out in Katrina in. Concrete house on the coast forKATRINA it was a Cat 5!!! He was scared never again did he go out on Hurricane reporting

[@stfd4599]

My mass fatality team is on standby for deployment at the moment

[@stache1954]

Four and not at landfall yet.

[@tracysims4346]

Please lord cover those people please

[@BillyTurner-vb3hf]

Why did God send the dam thing in the first place

[@JesseMartinez-cm7tl]

Hope everyone makes it out okay.

[@kellyclover5953]

I would never want to live in Florida. They are the ones who so often bear the brunt of Atlantic hurricanes.

[@476233]

It’s not so bad if you are prepared and live a bit inland from the coast. I would be scared to death to drive on icy and snowy roads all winter 😂

[@karencrecco2922]

Why are they putting the reporters in danger this way?! RIDICULOUS!

[@michaelthomas229]

He’s okay 👌

[@rfree82]

I'm drinking a beer and watching it pass. News won't get views without drama!🍻

[@puncho33]

Fr🤦🏾‍♂️

[@davidowens1424]

This insurance claims are going to be crippling.

[@Joseph-eh4rs]

And, Florida is angry and have no idea why insurance companies are pulling out of that diaster zone.

[@grogery1570]

Does anyone in Florida have insurance? All the laws DeSantis has passed has made it impossible for Insurance companies to operate in Florida.

[@robertpolestar-em4je]

If you live in Florida, this will increasingly be more common, with stronger storms. Global warming is real, despite MAGA saying it’s a hoax. They are liars. so buckle up….

[@davidowens1424]

@@grogery1570 The state funds an insurer of last resort so the liability belongs to the taxpayers. There'll be a state of emergency declaration very soon, if not already, and Florida will need to reach out to the feds to pay for the damage so that the state doesn't become insolvent.

[@phil4208]

Quick get trump and his magical sharpie

[@DorcasLandry]

That was so insane

[@Patrick-kt5mc]

???

[@richard3793]

@@Patrick-kt5mc you would know only if you stopped watching fox and the like.

[@BreezybriefswithBrooke]

Wth 👀 MANNY needs to be home, warm, dry , fed, and safe ..😂 Y’all better pay MANNNY well 😵‍💫💩

[@HypatiaMuse]

Gotta love our governor who just struck the term 'climate change' from any public policy, good luck getting home insurance now 😅

[@leonardodalongisland]

Why are news reporters allowed to go into dangerous locations? Do they become superhuman when they get their "reporter badge"? They are just as vulnerable as all other humans. Putting themselves into dangerous weather or war situations is foolish and unnecessary.

[@jamesmac6679]

Praying for all the souls affected by this man made monster

[@mejane-58cape]

Man made?

[@notpurrfect6397]

​@@mejane-58capeclimate change causes this and all sorts of extreme weather .

[@jeffbeatty8595]

You are Lonnie

[@SolarBallsFan666]

This feels like tropical storm Debby 💀💀💀

[@BreatheTheMatrix]

Everyone always reports how we’re doing but has anyone asked how the hurricane is doing.. I’m sure it has feelings too.

[@DorcasLandry]

LOL

[@angle5520]

Project 2025 would defund NOAA

[@DorcasLandry]

No not really ???

[@Patrick-kt5mc]

Really? Where did you hear that?

[@sallysagadin2160]

@@Patrick-kt5mc Read it

[@LeonardBreau]

Yes, they hate scientific agencies that mention & show that climate change is real.

[@AlanaLewis007]

Hurricane Michael hit in October also Here we go

[@Tampa81333]

I'm in Tampa and my house is getting flooded 😢

[@DorcasLandry]

So sorry been thru tat too many times Pull the electrical breakers Prayer from New Orleans

[@feliatene757]

🙏

[@albatraozgirl]

😮 please stay safe

[@CadarianRucker]

🙏🏽

[@cecileroy557]

😢😢😢

[@JudyGraesch]

Feed anything and it will grow

[@JoseLopez-ej1st]

Is it going to hit Jacksonville ??

[@laurenthepisces]

It’s not going to directly hit Jax. But Jax is already experiencing strong winds and some lighter rain. Rained hard all last night.

[@carolbloom997]

this guysounds like a sportscaster for a football game

[@EHBlasier]

Why are you putting this crew's life in danger???

[@effiemourginos5006]

This reporter & his team need to evacuate immediately !!!!!

[@TG-hf1gx]

800 miles wide & 1,000 miles long ... and you stayed home 🧐

[@kevinwalrath6058]

Is it heading to Kissimmee Florida

[@willianssalame2569]

Anybody knows if it will pass on top of atlanta the city????

[@mikezylstra7514]

9:30 PM EST Winds gusting to 48 mph in Appalachicola! Oh the humanity! Cat what?

[@rickoneill4343]

Why the hell is that weather man literally in the storm. Is that really necessairy?

[@dadecounty6073]

Storms are apart of life.... every corner of America is going to get hit with something. Not just Florida.....i love the sunshine state.... Been to many other states and will never move gone live and die under a 🌴 tree...dirty South style

[@timcampbell3857]

If you decided to have a hurricane party, i DONT WANT TO HEAR YOU WHINE how horrible it was and no one came to help you. You were warned

[@andrewfrazer8874]

Mother nature hard at work

[@DorcasLandry]

Loved him in that show haven thought about that n years going tocheck if on Amazon!!

[@emmanuelcardona94]

My Boy risking his life for this take 😂

[@dmrr7739]

“By this time tomorrow, meteorologists expect my body will be found five to ten miles out to sea…”

[@robertbolton9450]

JAMES 4 VERSE 6 THROUGH 17

[@Tonymontana_75]

Remember people, Florida was part of the Ocean 2 Million Years ago... Florida was underwater for most of its History. U decide to move to a Flood State/Flood Stage,.... U wanna Live next to the Beach, HELLO!! WHAT U THINK WILL HAPPEN .... WHAT DO YOU EXPECT..... just have a Life Vest/ Boat @ all timeS, or move to some other State..... Remember, JESUS LOVE U.....🙏🏾B SAFE EVERYONE......

[@Triad3Force]

Last thing I want to see is a reporter in the thick of the bad weather. Please reconsider this tradition news outlets. Prayers for everyone in the path of the storm.

[@drcoolit]

now THAT is a dedicated reporter -- GIVE HIM A RAISE!

[@JB-sm1kl]

Yo get that poor guy out of the water. Protect your back 😂

[@benfreed]

I have two questions about this breaking Special Report. One; who is the person throwing the three sprays of water in front of the camera? Is it the camera man or another assistant? Question two; how does second reporter interview evacuees that left Florida when he is in Florida? OK. Three questions. When you say the hurricane is the strongest to hit the US since last year, do you mean since last hurricane season?

[@AdamBarron-o9z]

Asteroid passing 🌎🌍 tonight???

[@robertbolton9450]

COTTON TOBACCO CROPS.

[@robertbolton9450]

MATTHEW 6 VERSE 13

[@robertbolton9450]

MARK 14 VERSE 38

[@timcampbell3857]

Good luck

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Norah is American Royalty . ❤ 🏅 🇺🇸

[@JaylenPotts-o7t]

I hope cities like Albany Ga and Tampa Florida get emergency cash assistance. Prayers for everyone. Pope Francis should pray for everyone.

[@Waydo2306]

MAGA

[@juanalmos1959]

No worries Deathsantis will keep us and the cats safe

[@sess122]

And another lobotomized abortion survivor also heard from.

[@sallysagadin2160]

Maybe he gets washed away?

[@Joseph-eh4rs]

No worries he got his bright white rubber boots ready for aftermath PR photops.

[@benfreed]

Do you mean from the haitians?

[@andrewbillingsley9377]

Somewhere in the back room at CBS there are people in the back room trying to figure out how this is Trump's fault

[@kileensmith5134]

Trump doesn't have that much power.....but he does have a big, black Sharpie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BC-iz8gt]

Yep it's a hurricane we have seen them before idk why it's being blasted like we've never had them before😅

[@westho7314]

So stupid people who always say "been there done that' can evacuate, better to be safe than being stupid

[@ChristineKiral]

Listen to the song anema by to tool😂

[@glennrothkirch6627]

I'm happy to be in the NYC area. Say what you want, we don't have the Republicans saying there's no global warming (which's why the hurricanes/ storms are worse), the hurricanes that constantly go thru the area, need cars to really do anything, nor insurance companies running away. Having said that, I'm praying that people listen(ed) to evacuation warnings & are being safe, along with definitely TAKING YOUR DOGS, CATS, & OTHER ANIMALS.

[@476233]

Thank you for your prayers. Please remember, not all of us are repubs. More all the people moving in from the Midwest and repubs from other places. Btw, just kidding but you never hear many people retiring to live in Florida lol. 😂 have a good one and thanks for your kindness 😊

[@NateJD3032]

Wow, the biggest storm to hit the country since last year when the big storms hit the country. The news is sooooo dramatic

[@breelee4362]

Lol 😂

[@1008Chris]

Seriously 😂

[@mommom3172]

Yeah. I'm a Florida native. We have hurricane season every year for 6 whole months. I agree, it's a big storm, headed for an area not well -equipped to handle it, but that statement was very dramatic. 🙄

[@ReneeLibby-cv8vf]

this is going to be bad.

[@ReneeLibby-cv8vf]

@@mommom3172 how many Cat4s?

[@rogermansour6085]

Jesus Christ said : You can predict the weather but you can't predict the signs of the times. Mathew 16: 1-3 We are in the last days predicted in Mathew chapter 24 and the soon return of Jesus.Are you ready! Evangelist Roger Mansour

[@PURPONTHETRACK]

That space station footage looked like a guy with a hand cam! Kinda sus.

[@RippieFarmer]

Probably cuz it was taken by one of the astronauts in the space station holding a camera up to a view window 🙃

[@richard3793]

Why is everything a conspiracy with you people?

[@robertbolton9450]

1 CORINTHIANS 10 verse 13

[@christopherdaly1399]

Absurdity! GO INSIDE

[@robertbolton9450]

MATTHEW 4 verse 1 through 11

[@robertbolton9450]

LUKE 4 verse 12 through 13

[@firedchiefpaul]

He needs to get off the adderall.

[@robertbolton9450]

1 CORINTHIANS 6 verse 18 through 20

[@robertoconsuegra9921]

This lady reporter looks like a Helen 😂😂😂

[@BillyTurner-vb3hf]

No she's a Karen

[@ReneeLibby-cv8vf]

whatever that means

[@benfreed]

57 Helens agree!

[@DypoMage]

Hahahahaha!!

[@glendawilliams865]

September 27 2012 Jesus birthday he will be 12 years old. Woman 144000 .

[@daveb4035]

huh?

[@BillyTurner-vb3hf]

You must know where to get the good stuff

[@KChelseaVenus]

​@@BillyTurner-vb3hf 😂😂😂😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@glendawilliams865]

@BillyTurner-vb3hf you just like Marry when the Holy Spirit told her she would have a baby without a man. You just like the people in Noah days laughed at him. My job is done. Laughed all you want 🤣 but I will not laugh at you .✌️

[@glendawilliams865]

@@daveb4035 you read it right ✅️ pece.

[@Revelation2213-dr4jy]

🔥YAHWEH🔥 Exodus 3:14 I AM THAT 1 AM 🕐 👈 1 AM THE LAST HOUR 🗡️🩸AMEN🔥 AΩ