At least 30 people have died in the area around Asheville, North Carolina. “Those communities no longer resemble what they were a week ago,” one official said.

The hurricane’s death toll rose Sunday to at least 84 people across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia.

The Southeast is grappling with widespread devastation after Helene made landfall Thursday as the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region and tore through multiple states,

After hitting Florida’s Gulf Coast, Helene tore through the Southeast and particularly ravaged western North Carolina with floods and mudslides. The overall death toll rose to more than 90.

Parts of the U.S. Southeast are strggling to recover from the damage inflicted by powerful Hurricane Helene Massive rains brought by Hurricane Helene have left many people stranded or homeless as the cleanup begins from the monster tempest that killed at least 64 people.