Over 100 dead, 600 missing in 1 NC County after Hurricane Helene

More than 100 people are dead and hundreds more are still missing, including 600 in one North Carolina county alone, as the southeastern parts of the United States recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, officials and news reports said.

The death toll from the storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on Thursday, Sept. 26, reached at least 107 as of Monday, Sept. 30, according to the Associated Press.

However, some news outlets report that additional deaths have been confirmed. CNN reported a death toll of 115, while CBS News' toll is 116.

“This storm spared literally no one,” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said in a news conference Monday where he announced 25 storm-related deaths in the state.

According to CNN, Helene is one of the deadliest hurricanes to hit the American mainland in the last 50 years.

Buncombe County, North Carolina, is one of the areas hardest hit by Helene. At least 35 people were found dead in the one county, according to NBC News, and an estimated 600 people are still missing, according to the AP and ABC News.

“The devastation doesn’t even begin to describe how we feel, but my teams will continue to help rebuild,” said Sheriff Quentin E. Miller.

Another 153 people remain missing in northeast Tennessee, where at least two people have died after the storm sparked flash flooding across Appalachia, according to NBC News.

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper predicted the death toll would continue to rise as rescue and recovery efforts continued, according to the AP. More than 50 search teams were deployed in the region.

According to ABC News, county officials said teams will go door-to-door searching for those reported missing.

According to PowerOutage.us, more than 1.5 million people are still without power as of Monday morning, September 30, including more than 760,000 in South Carolina, 573,000 in Georgia and 458,000 in North Carolina.

Many people are still looking for rescue or help. Buncombe County Manager Avril Pinder said food and water would be delivered to Asheville, one of the areas hardest hit by the storm, through Monday. “We hear you,” she said on a phone call with reporters on Sunday, Sept. 29.

According to the reports, both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump plan to visit the areas affected by Helene.