Syracuse, N.Y. (NCC News) — More effects from the devastation of Hurricane Helene are becoming known across the Southeast United States as the death toll from the storm has increased to over 130 deaths, according to AP News.
The hurricane made landfall Thursday night in the panhandle area of Florida as a Category 4 hurricane with torrential rainfall and brutal winds.
The storm then continued up the Southeast coast of the U.S. tearing through Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and the Carolinas.
Helene left many homes destroyed, roadways covered in mud, areas completely flooded, and 133 reported dead people across six states.
In North Carolina, many were left underwater and without power from the effects of the storm. President Joe Biden will travel to Asheville, North Carolina on Wednesday for an aerial tour of the area and to meet with city officials.
Federal officers said that supplies will arrive to the major tourist attraction of Asheville and many other cities across the area by plane, truck and even mule.
There are currently more than 50 search teams dispersed throughout the area attempting to locate missing people and area officials have told potential visitors to keep the roads clear for emergency vehicles with those teams.
In South Carolina, Helene has claimed at least 30 lives making it the deadliest tropical storm since Hurricane Hugo hit the Palmetto State back in 1989, killing 35 people, according to AP News.
In Virginia, Beaver Dam Sunflower Farm was destroyed by the storm leaving the fields that once bore many crops lifeless, according to WDBJ News Channel 7.
In Tennessee, power and water are still not up and running for thousands, and communities are coming together to help rebuild their area to get things back on track. Unfortunately, it could take years to deal with all the effects, according to Knox News.
Overall, Hurricane Helene didn’t just leave a path of physical devastation, the storm left many missing power, water or their loved ones.