With so many roads out and power and internet connections down, a full accounting of the damage done is a work in progress.
The storm, which brought catastrophic flooding and damaging winds inland to Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas, has killed more than 50 people.
Helene triggers deadly floods as death toll rises; Tennessee dam break imminent: Live updates - Thousands told to evacuate ...
Officials in North Carolina are urging residents of Lake Lure to evacuate as failure of the Lake Lure dam becomes "imminent." ...