Helene’s flooding swept away 11 workers at a Tennessee factory. Now the state is investigating the company.
Some rescued workers allege it wasn’t until water flooded into the parking lot and the power went out that the plant shut down and sent workers home.
Helene floodwaters trapped Tennessee plastics plant employees, and some are among the missing and dead
Family members say some of their loved ones didn't get word that they could leave, but the plant, Impact Plastics, denies it threatened to fire anyone who left.
Helene’s flooding swept away 11 workers at a Tennessee factory. Now the state is investigating
Employees in the factory in the small community of Erwin asserted that they weren’t allowed to leave in time to avoid the storm’s impact.
Helene's flooding swept away 11 workers at Tennessee factory
HELENE AFTERMATH - As the nearby Nolichucky River swelled from rainfall, employees in the Impact Plastics factory in Erwin, a small community in rural Tennessee, kept working. Several asserted that they weren’t allowed to leave in time to avoid the storm’s impact.
Tennessee factory employees clung to semitruck before Helene floodwaters swept them away
The harrowing incident happened at the same time as the Unicoi County Hospital helicopter rescue, just a mile south.
Flooding from Hurricane Helene swept away 11 factory employees as they left work. Only five have been found.
Biden to visit the Carolinas as search for Helene survivors continues 02:29. As the rain from Hurricane Helene came down harder and harder, employees inside a plastics factory in
Tennessee investigating plastics factory after several workers trapped by Helene floodwaters died
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday it is looking into allegations against an Erwin plastics factory where several workers died after they were swept away by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene and some were still missing.
Factory employees clung desperately to a truck before Helene floodwaters swept them away
A group of factory workers tried in vain to escape the raging Nolichucky River in Erwin, Tennessee, even as a dramatic rescue unfolded nearby.
11 Tennessee factory workers swept away in Helene floodwaters, company responds to evacuation decision
Workers from a Tennessee factory say they should not have been at work the day Hurricane Helene caused flash flooding in the area, as some did not make it home.
11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding. Only 5 were rescued
Workers inside a plastics factory in Tennessee say they narrowly escaped after flooding from Hurricane Helene.
Tennessee flooding map shows towns, dams and rivers impacted by Hurricane Helene
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Helene Floodwaters Swept 11 Tennessee Factory Workers Away. At Least 4 Remain Missing
At least four people remain missing and two are dead after they tried to evacuate from the rural Tennessee factory where they ...
East Tennessee man, dog found dead days after launching boat into Nolichucky River, TWRA says
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said a man who launched a boat into the Nolichucky River on Friday has been found ...
How a long-haul trucker from Texas became a hero amid floods in Tennessee
About 10 factory employees sought refuge from raging Tennessee floodwaters on the back of Michael Dorsey's truck.
TWRA: Body of missing man found near Nolichucky River
The body of missing man Boone McCrary was recovered from a creek that feeds the Nolichucky River on Tuesday, according to the ...
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Extent of Helene devastation in northeast Tennessee comes into clearer focus
The extent of the damage wrought in northeast Tennessee by the inland force of Hurricane Helene came into clearer focus ...
This long-haul trucker from Humble, Texas, became a hero amid floods in Erwin, Tennessee
Impact Plastics employees sought refuge on top of his semitruck: 'God put me in the right place at the right time' ...
Body of missing man recovered from creek feeding into Nolichucky River
The body of a missing 32-year-old man has been recovered from a creek that feeds into the Nolichucky River in Greeneville.