The death toll from Hurricane Helene in the US rises again, now reaching 200 people

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Badai Helene hit several areas in it United States (US) from last weekend. The number of victims continues to increase until now it has reached 200 people.

Reported by the BBC, on Friday (4/10/2024), more than half of the deaths occurred in North Carolina, where entire communities were uprooted and destroyed by the deadliest hurricane on earth. large since Katrina in 2005.

Hundreds of people were also reported missing. Additionally, nearly a million homes were still without power nearly a week after the storm.

The death toll rises as President Joe Biden makes his two-day tour of the region visiting Florida and Georgia on Thursday. Biden conducted an aerial survey of the damage in Tallahassee, Florida.

Then, tens of thousands of people were reported without clean water in North Carolina, which was the hardest hit region by the storm, especially in the mountainous region of Ashville.

“I feel like I survived the apocalypse,” Nicole Rojas, a resident of Vilas, North Carolina, told the BBC.

Prisons in North Carolina also had to move about 800 inmates due to a lack of electricity.

In addition, hundreds of roads remain closed, hampering efforts to support the worst affected communities.

South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Virginia recorded deaths from the storm.

(country/country)