RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Governor Roy Cooper will share an update Sunday on the impacts of Helene.

It is happening at the Emergency Operations Center on Gold Star Drive in Raleigh. It starts at 12:30 p.m.

This comes as cleanup is underway in The western part of North Carolina. Helene moved through as a tropical storm Friday morning, leaving a trail of damage.

Houses and businesses are flooded, damaged, or destroyed. Debris and mud were all over the roads.

“This is the most significant natural disaster that any one of us has ever seen in western North Carolina,” Ryan Cole, Buncombe County assistant emergency services director, said.

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Cooper spoke with Eyewitness News Saturday about the state’s effort to help those impacted by the storm.

“This storm has brought catastrophic devastation to western North Carolina, of historic proportions,” he said. “We are engaged in a coordinated effort right now with the priority being to get people out and supplies in.”

WATCH: Gov. Cooper speaks on recovery efforts in western NC

Cooper said supplies were being airlifted to that part of the state. Buncombe County officials said Interstate 26 between Asheville and South Carolina had reopened, but most other routes into the city were impassible.

He is expected to visit the western part of the state over the next couple of days.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The featured video is from a previous report.

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Terrifying video captured apocalyptic sirens blaring as Hurricane Helene’s violent floodwaters ravaged a North Carolina Village.

The shocking clip begins with a powerful wave of mudwater surging across a yard in Chimney Rock, ripping pieces of a home off and sweeping debris in the tide.

“My car’s gone. Everything’s gone. It’s all gone,” the unidentified filmmaker can be heard saying, as a second person hurriedly reassures them, “it’s ok.”

The heavy stream was so strong that it tore apart major roadways and carved new channels for the floodwaters to flow through.

SUVs were seen floating down the rivers and tossed into trees.

The floods rose high enough that they completely submerged the first floor of some homes.

Many were demolished in its wake. Those left standing were beaten down and swamped with mud.

“Ok guys, just to give you an understanding of the devastation we’re dealing with here: Chimney Rock is gone,” another filmmaker said while panning to the remnants of the village.

The flooding is considered the worst that the western portion of the state has seen in a century. Gov. Roy Cooper described it as “catastrophic” as search and rescue teams from 19 states and the federal government came to help.

Hundreds of people were left stranded in the village, leading officials to conduct airlifts throughout Saturday.

“As soon as we receive the names of those rescued, we will make every effort to reach out to families and individuals who have inquired about their loved ones,” officials said.

Whether anyone has died in the village is unclear — officials in nearby Asheville have declined to release a death total because communication outages haven’t allowed them to reach relatives of the victims.

At least 64 people have been killed across five states, including 23 people in South Carolina and 11 in Florida.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — CJ Bailey scored on the ground and through the air as North Carolina State defeated visiting Northern Illinois 24-17 on Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Bailey, a true freshman making his second start for the Wolfpack (3-2), completed 13 of 20 passes for 108 yards. He supported a strong defensive effort from N.C. State that forced NIU (2-2) into four crucial turnovers.

“It was a team win. You know, offensively, obviously, statistics are not good, but we did not turn the football over the whole game,” N.C. State coach Dave Doeren said. “We punted the football really well and we played dominant defense against a really good football team.”

Momentum seemed to swing in the Wolfpack’s favor early in the second quarter, when N.C. State safety DK Kaufman reached NIU quarterback Ethan Hampton on a third-down blitz, knocked the ball out of his throwing hand and recovered the fumble for a 2-yard defensive touchdown.

N.C. State’s defense provided another boost in the third quarter when Devin Vann forced Hampton into a fumble that Brandon Cleveland recovered and returned to the 1. Bailey took advantage of the superb field position, throwing a short touchdown pass to KC Concepcion that pushed N.C. State ahead by two scores.

Trailing by seven points with four seconds to play, NIU’s attempt at a game-tying score was stifled when Hampton was intercepted in the end zone by Corey Coley.

“You lose the turnover battle four-to-nothing and it’s hard to win,” NIU coach Thomas Hammock said. “They blitzed us early and often. We just didn’t make enough plays.”

Antario Brown paced the Huskies with 114 yards rushing on 28 carries.

The takeaway

NC State: On offense, the Wolfpack played just well enough to complement their stout defense. The Wolfpack didn’t turn the ball over and scored when they reached the red zone. After a demoralizing defeat at Clemson last week, this was a bounce-back victory for N.C. State in its final non-conference game of the season.

“I know people are upset we didn’t have enough yards, this, that and the other,” Doeren said. “Don’t be mad about winning. That was a hell of a team win.”

NIU: The Huskies haven’t been able to recapture the magic of their Sept. 7 win at Notre Dame. This is NIU’s second consecutive loss and one where the Huskies struggled to capitalize on offense. The Huskies held the Wolfpack to 1-of-11 on third down conversions and to just 175 yards of total offense, but turnovers and stalled drives doomed NIU’s chances at another signature win.

Providing pressure

NIU had been on a six-game streak dating back to last season of not giving up any sacks. The Wolfpack shattered any hope the Huskies had of extending that mark, sacking Hampton four times. In all, N.C. State registered a season-high 12 tackles for loss.

N.C. State had just four sacks combined in its previous four games this season. It’s worth noting that the Wolfpack racked up this many sacks without Red Hibbler, who led N.C. State in the stat last season and is no longer on the team as of this week.

“We started communicating on a higher level. And that started with me. It was my job to do so… being more physical in practice,” said Wolfpack linebacker Caden Fordham, who had a team-high 14 tackles. “And I believe it translated to the field today.”

Key absences

Quarterback Grayson McCall and running back Hollywood Smothers were not dressed to play for N.C. State. McCall, the former three-time Sun Belt Player of the Year from Coastal Carolina, left the Wolfpack’s Week 3 win over Louisiana Tech with an undisclosed injury and hasn’t played since. Smothers, a transfer from Oklahoma, had 114 rushing yards and touchdown on 22 carries in the Wolfpack’s first four games.

Up next

NC State: The Wolfpack host rival Wake Forest next Saturday.

NIU: UMass visits the Huskies next Saturday.