Hurricane Helene's death toll has climbed to at least 50 people across five states from Florida to Virginia.

Remnants of the massive storm are causing record flooding across the southeast,

submerging roads and entire towns.

More than 3 million people are without power.

In eastern Tennessee, thousands of people were ordered to go to higher ground

because of the potential of a dam collapse,

but officials say the dangerous past.

Special correspondent Christopher Booker

is in Florida's Big Bend region

where Helene made landfall.

Christopher, now it's been about 48 hours since landfall.

What's the situation now?

Well, we're in Taylor County in a town called Steenhatchy,

which sits just along the Steen-hatchy River.

It's a small little town that's in the big bend of Florida's

Gulf Coast and the story here wasn't wind but water. The Steenhatchy River which is

right behind me rose the storm surge pushing through the town.

It's almost like someone took a snow globe and shook it and spread everyone's belongings

all over town.

Officials tell us that all over town utility crews are working there's bulldovers pushing

debris out of the way but it's clear the cleanup is going to take a long time and

how are the communities responding well earlier today we went to a town called Cedar Key and we met with the mayor there, a woman

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