Hurricane Helene death toll passes 200
WASHINGTON (AA) – At least 202 people are confirmed dead from Hurricane Helene, according to a report on Thursday.
NBC News said fatalities include at least 98 deaths in the state of North Carolina, 19 in Florida, 33 in Georgia, 39 in South Carolina, 11 in Tennessee and two in Virginia.
Hundreds are still missing in the aftermath of the storm.
Helene is now the deadliest hurricane to have hit the US since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
It made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast last Thursday and carved out a 650-mile (1,046-kilometer) swath of destruction to the Atlantic coastal states of the Carolinas.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris surveyed the devastation Wednesday in separate trips to North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
Biden’s visit to the Carolinas included an aerial tour above Asheville, North Carolina — one of the hardest-hit regions.
The US president directed the Pentagon to send up to 1,000 active-duty troops to assist the North Carolina National Guard.
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