Hundreds still missing in devastated North Carolina after hurricane Helene --35 dead in North Carolina's Buncombe County --More than 2 million homes and businesses across U.S. Southeast without power, communication outages widespread | 30 Sept 2024 | Western North Carolina residents faced a "post-apocalyptic" landscape on Monday in the wake of hurricane Helene, with hundreds of people still missing and residents struggling amid flooded roads and a lack of basic services. More than 100 deaths across a half-dozen states have been attributed to the powerful storm that slammed into Florida's Big Bend region late on Thursday before cutting a destructive path through Georgia and into the Carolinas. As many as 600 people remain missing, U.S. Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall stated, though she noted that the numbers could vary as responders reach more locations. The death toll was likely to rise, officials said.