ERWIN, Tenn. — April Boyd texted her husband before she boarded the helicopter. “So, I don’t want to be dramatic,” she wrote on Sept. 27, “but we are gonna fly and rescue patients from ...

Hospital staffers and emergency responders tried to evacuate patients first by ambulance and then by boat when the Nolichucky River in Erwin, Tennessee, overwhelmed Unicoi County Hospital during ...

Flood waters from the Nolichucky River rage near Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tenn., on Friday Sept. 27, 2024. On Friday, a video went viral that showed the dire flooding around Unicoi County ...

Amid a wave of rural hospital closures across the United States, Erwin residents celebrated when the new hospital opened in 2018. One lawmaker told the Johnson City Press it was "the most modern ...

An aerial view of flood-damaged Unicoi County Hospital, following a flash flood in Erwin, Tennessee, prompted by Hurricane Helene. / Credit: George Walker IV / AP ...

A hospital in East Tennessee was evacuated by helicopter after catastrophic flooding from Tropical Storm Helene left hospital staff and rescue crews trapped by floodwaters. ERWIN, Tenn ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WCYB) — Ballad Health has opened a medical response unit in Erwin after the flooding of Unicoi County Hospital. Ballad is working with the Unicoi County Emergency Operations Center ...

More than 50 people have been rescued after being stranded on the roof of a Tennessee hospital Friday – some of them for hours – due to rising floodwaters from Hurricane Helene.

Floodwaters from the Nolichucky River surround Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee, during Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27, 2024. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Alan Levine ...

ERWIN, Tenn. — As this Appalachian town grapples with the loss of its hospital, which was destroyed by floodwaters during Hurricane Helene, a KFF Health News analysis has identified about 20 ...