IN PICTURES. The impressive damage from storm Helene, which devastated the southeast of the United States and left at least 130 dead

Return to calm and start of relief operations after the passage of storm Hélène. The hurricane caused the deaths of at least 130 people, including 57 in North Carolina, 29 in South Carolina, 25 in Georgia and 14 in Florida, according to a report compiled by AFP from statements by authorities. local. “There are 600 people we haven’t heard from,” assured Monday September 30 Liz Sherwood-Randall, internal security advisor to the American president.

The storm, classified in category 3, then 4, crossed six states in the southeast of the country: Florida, where it made landfall on Thursday, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia . The damage is considerable, sometimes with neighborhoods wiped off the map and roads cut. Several areas remain inaccessible and devoid of telephone network and electricity.

Faced with this situation, Donald Trump considered that the federal state was not “not responsive” and earlier accused the North Carolina Democratic government and authorities of “deliberately not helping people in Republican areas”. An assertion brushed aside by President Joe Biden, who responded that the billionaire was lying: “What makes me angry, [c’est qu’il] implies that we are not doing everything that is possible (…). It’s wrong and it’s irresponsible.”

In this chaos, a beautiful story emerged. A man and his dog were rescued by the US Coast Guard off the coast of Sanibel Island, Florida, while they were stranded on their broken-down boat before the storm arrived. The Coast Guard posted a spectacular photo on their Instagram account, where they also shared video of the rescue. Franceinfo looks back in images on the damage caused by the hurricane.