ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A crisis unfolded in western North Carolina as officials rushed to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas without power and cellular service Sept. 30, three days after Hurricane Helene ripped across the U.S. Southeast. The death toll from the storm has reached 107.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said during a news conference Sept. 30 that the death toll in that state had risen from 17 to 25. More than half of all fatalities have been reported in the Carolinas. A North Carolina county that includes the mountain city of Asheville reported 30 people killed.
