A coffin was seen being carried away by powerful flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in Tennessee.
The horrifying clip shows a coffin dumped in muddy flood waters in Erwin, before it was found in the rubble during a community clean-up.
Karren Tipton had captured the images of the casket and was later part of the team that recovered the casket, he said. Fox.
It is not clear where the coffin came from or if there was a body inside. DailyMail.com has contacted Tipton for more information.
cnn has reported that the storm has killed at least 137 people in the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Virginia, and the death toll is expected to rise.
Rescuers continue their efforts to contact hundreds of people who are isolated by washed out roads and downed communication lines.
On social media, family and friends have been sharing images of missing loved ones in groups dedicated to finding those still missing since the storm.
The horrifying clip shows a coffin dumped into muddy flood waters in Erwin, Tennessee.
Suzanne Hamrick asks for help finding her aunt Caroline Clementson and her partner Dave Prophet, the couple seen here.
A large concentration of those posting on the page have been sharing photos of people inside Asheville, North Carolina, which was decimated by the weather.
Daniela Stokes shared an image of her daughter Katie, seen here, saying she couldn’t contact her.
Heather Harper shared an image of her missing cousin Jack Bundrick and his girlfriend, saying she was asking for information on the two’s whereabouts.
Harper wasn’t alone, Suzanne Hamrick shared an image of her aunt Caroline Clementson and her partner Dave Prophet.
Hamrick said there was a misunderstanding in his family that made them think they had found the elderly couple.
Dominique Nolan posted images of her 7-year-old son Connor Borgese, who lives in Arden, North Carolina, with his father.
Nolan said: ‘I’m his mother and I live in Rochester NY. I haven’t had any communication with him or his father since Friday.
‘Please, if anyone knows what that area is like or something, please. I am many miles away and the only thing I have is the news that makes me fear more and more for my son. Please.’
Daniela Stokes shared an image of her daughter Katie, of Asheville, saying she couldn’t reach her and asked that anyone in the area keep an eye out for her.
Residents of North Carolina and Tennessee have also he has since created his own online spreadsheet to help track down those who have been found.
As of Tuesday morning, 1,650 names had been entered and 479 people were marked as found. Therefore, another 1,171 people are still marked as missing.
The coffin seen in the gruesome images was later recovered as part of a community clean-up.
Connor Borgese lives in Arden, North Carolina, with his father, and his mother has not heard from the couple since Friday.
Heather Harper shared an image of her missing cousin Jack Bundrick and his girlfriend, both seen here, saying she was asking for information on the whereabouts of the two.
John Templeton, 46, was among those who evacuated with his family from Asheville on Saturday.
Templeton had previously left her home in Houston during Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and also worked in relief efforts in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina.
Speaking to Reuters, he said: “I am quite familiar with disaster zones and this is worse than anything I have seen before.”
As Templeton exited the only accessible highway out of Asheville, he passed a convoy of National Guard vehicles and tanker trucks coming in the opposite direction.
“My stomach sank because I knew that everyone still there had no idea what the suffering and misery that was to come would be like,” he said.
While photojournalist Billy Bowling, who has been capturing images of the devastation with drones, posted: “Helene’s human impacts on WNC will rival Hurricane Katrina based on the hell I’ve seen in the last 48 hours.”
In North Carolina, the state was coordinating 92 search and rescue teams from 20 states and the U.S. government, according to Gov. Roy Cooper.
On Monday, emergency workers delivered one million liters of water, 600,000 meals and hundreds of pallets of airlifted supplies, he said.
About 300 roads were closed and more than 7,000 people have registered for assistance from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency in the state, officials said.
As of Tuesday, at least 40 people have been declared dead in and around the city of Asheville, a tourist area known for its art galleries, breweries and outdoor activities.
Mayor Esther Manheimer told NewsNation that the once-thriving city was at “a point of desperation.”
“The roads are washed out, the bridges are washed away and, in addition, our communications are cut off,” he said.
Debris is seen here after the storm hit Asheville, leaving the area devastated.
Leo Grindstaff, 12, left, helps his brother Gabe, 4, as he walks to his grandparents’ house to help rescue items after Hurricane Helene.
A home destroyed after Hurricane Helene on September 30, near Black Mountain, North Carolina.
‘Most people have patchy mobile phone service at best, and in hard-to-reach areas there is nothing. We are still in crisis mode. “This is a very serious situation.”
According to Manheimer, around 600 people remain missing in Asheville and President Biden will fly over the city on Wednesday to survey the damage.
Images of the destruction caused by the hurricane reveal a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers, mud-covered roads and collapsed communication lines.
Asheville and many surrounding mountain towns were built in valleys, leaving them especially vulnerable to devastating rains and floods.
Additionally, the ground was already saturated before Helene arrived, said Christiaan Patterson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
“When Helene came to the Carolinas, we already had that rain plus more rain,” Patterson said.
Helene hit Florida’s Gulf Coast on Thursday as a Category 4 hurricane before quickly moving toward Georgia.
It left a trail of destruction in its wake as it destroyed homes, destroyed roads and severed lines of communication.
Damage estimates ranged from $15 billion to more than $100 billion, insurers and forecasters said over the weekend, as water systems, communications and critical transportation routes were affected.
Property damage and loss of economic output will become clearer as officials assess the destruction.
