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Mon Sep 30 2024

'People desperate': Hard-hit areas struggling after Helene; at least 100 dead

A man walks past a building on Riverside Drive during the aftermath of flooding caused by Hurricane Helene on Sept. 29, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. Helene's swath of destruction brought historic rainfall, flooding, power outages and 140-mile-an-hour winds across the Southeast. North Carolina that bore the brunt of damage, with vast swaths of cities like Asheville underwater, residents trapped in their homes with no lights or food and few functioning roads for rescue workers to help them.

The death toll across the Southeast has risen to at least 100. In one North Carolina county, at least 35 people have died.

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