Hurricane Helene US impact, Hurricane Helene is one of the worst storms to batter the US in modern memory, having claimed over 160 lives. The southeast states were hit by a Category 4 hurricane that left millions without power, destroyed entire cities, and caused extensive flooding. Search and rescue operations are ongoing, and hundreds of people are still unaccounted for. The US administration has issued a warning, stating that the recovery process may take years and that help would be transported to hard-to-reach locations via mules and airdrops.
Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to visit Georgia, while President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit North Carolina, one of the hardest-hit states. Following Republican nominee Donald Trump’s visit to Georgia earlier this week, political tensions have already increased in both states, which are significant in the forthcoming presidential election.
As Helene passed through the surrounding states, it weakened into a tropical storm from its initial Category 4 hurricane landfall in Florida’s Big Bend. Severe flooding resulted from the storm’s massive rainclouds and the previously saturated ground from the rain. CBS News reports that 162 deaths have been reported in six states, with North Carolina suffering the most. In a few days, the state received six months’ worth of rain, particularly in the mountainous areas where homes and bridges were destroyed. Asheville is located in Buncombe County, which officials called “biblical devastation.”
Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security, has said that reconstruction work may take several years. While over a million people continue to live without electricity, President Biden has approved government funding for disaster relief. According to preliminary data, the storm’s severity may have been influenced by human-caused climate change, especially when it came to the storm’s record-breaking rainfall. Experts caution that other strong storms may still form as the Atlantic hurricane season lasts until November.
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