Storm Helene Causes Massive Flooding Across Swath Of Western North Carolina

OLD FORT, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 30: Federal officers with the Bureau of Prisons leave for a mission from Crooked Creek Fire Department near Old Fort in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North Carolina. The death toll has topped 100 people across the southeastern U.S., according to published reports. Millions are without power due to the storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on Thursday. The White House has declared disasters in North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Alabama, freeing up federal emergency management money and resources for those states. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)