In North Carolina, the worst-hit state, 37 people were killed, including 30 in Buncombe County alone.
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The human toll from Hurricane Helen, which wreaked havoc in part of the east and southeast of the United States, has risen to at least 93 deaths, according to authorities. The latter continued, Monday September 30, to look for victims. In North Carolina, the worst-hit state, 37 people died, including 30 in Buncombe County alone. At least 25 people also died in South Carolina, 17 in Georgia, 11 in Florida, two in Tennessee and one in Virginia, according to a report compiled by AFP from statements by local authorities.
Helene made landfall in northwest Florida on Thursday evening as a Category 4 hurricane on a scale of 5, packing winds measured at 225 km/h. The hurricane then progressed northward, losing intensity, while leaving a landscape of desolation in its wake. Joe Biden, as well as the two contenders for the White House, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, announced that they would go there soon.