Hurricane Helene death toll in US climbs to 200
Al Jazeera
The updated death toll came as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited storm-battered states.
Hurricane Helene’s death toll in the United States reached 200 after the states of Georgia and North Carolina reported more fatalities.
The updated death toll, double what officials had previously reported, comes as President Joe Biden visited storm-damaged areas in Florida and Vice President Kamala Harris made a separate trip to Georgia on Thursday.
Hurricane Helene, a thunderous Category 4 storm, unleashed some of the worst flooding in decades, sweeping away homes and cars and claiming victims across the southeastern US.
Hundreds of people are still missing and more than a million remain without power a week after the hurricane made landfall on September 26. A massive search-and-rescue operation remained under way.
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