Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, leaving over 3 million customers without power."
Helene blew ashore as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday with winds of 140 mph, uprooting trees, splintering homes, and straining dams."
Western North Carolina was essentially cut off due to landslides and flooding, forcing the closure of Interstate 40 and leading to hundreds of water rescues."
Among the at least 44 people killed were three firefighters, a woman with her 1-month-old twins, and an 89-year-old woman struck by a falling tree."
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