Last week, Hurricane Helene made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane before moving inland, bringing catastrophic flooding and damaging winds from Florida throughout the southeastern U.S. This widespread destruction has already resulted in the death of at least 200 individuals. Surprisingly, the Asheville, North Carolina, area was especially hard hit despite being hundreds of miles inland.
More than 1.2 million customers still have no power in the Carolinas and Georgia almost a week after the storm, reports PBS. Tens of thousands still have no running water. Recovery from the disaster will be a long process, but there are ways you can help.
