More than 100 people are dead after Hurricane Helene swept through multiple states. North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia are the most affected. Almost 3 million people throughout the South were left without power.
Israeli forces have begun the long-expected ground offensive into Lebanon. The move was made just days after Hezbollah’s leader was killed by an Israeli airstrike. In a blunt message to Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there’s nowhere in the Middle East that Israel can’t reach.
Vice President Kamala Harris skips two campaign stops to be briefed in Washington on Hurricane Helene. Her campaign also reportedly raked in $55 million from fundraising events in California. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump surveyed a city in Georgia hit hard by the storm and called for unity.
A strike at U.S. ports could start Tuesday if there’s no agreement with the longshoremen’s union on a new contract. The strike would force shutdowns at 14 ports in major cities from Boston to Houston. The work stoppage is expected to cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars a day.