As the death toll from Helene continued to rise, the city of Asheville in western North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains was picking up the pieces from the devastating storm.Water systems were down Tuesday and would likely take weeks to repair,

Hurricane Helene’s remnants caused catastrophic damage to the Southeast, with a death toll nearing 140 people.

The hurricane’s destruction creates a massive challenge for election officials in a battleground state critical to the outcome of the presidential race.