The impacts of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall on Thursday, Sept. 26, as a Category 4 hurricane, took many people by surprise — especially those in inland areas that faced significant flash flooding — and the full scope of the devastation still remains unknown.

More than 150 deaths have been confirmed in the days since Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, including dozens in flood-stricken North Carolina. “Communities were wiped off the map,

Hurricane Helene has laid waste to the southeastern United States. Its sheer wind force and deadly floods left behind a path of destruction stretching over 500 miles from Florida to the Southern Appalachians.

Hurricane Helene has left officials in five Southeastern states grappling to respond to the widespread destruction it caused after hitting Florida as a Category 4 storm last week, with the death toll now entering the triple digits.

The death toll from Hurricane Helene continues to rise after the storm led to damage and flooding in multiple states in the southeast US.