600 people still unaccounted for in hard-hit Buncombe County, North Carolina
Lee Goldberg has the latest on the growing death toll and severe damages in the aftermath of Helene.came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. The death toll topped 130.
The destruction and desperation were unimaginable. A flattened cargo container sat atop a bridge crossing a river with muddy brown water. Overturned pontoon boats and splintered wooden docks and tree trunks covered the surface of a picturesque lake tucked between the mountains. People shared food and water and comforted one another in one neighborhood where a wall of water ripped away all of the trees and left behind a muddy mess not far away. "That's the blessing so far in this," Sommerville Johnston said outside her home, which has been without power since Friday.
Officials warned that rebuilding from the widespread loss of homes and property would be lengthy and difficult. The storm upended life throughout the Southeast, where deaths were also reported in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, took an aerial tour of the Asheville area and later met with workers distributing meals.
He earlier said that the federal government would be with survivors and others in the nation's southeast affected by Helene "as long as it takes."
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