Southeast US reels as storm Helene death toll passes 210

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00:00In this North Carolina town, devastating scenes of fallen roofs and destroyed cars after Storm

00:07Helen raged through the state a week ago, leaving the streets and houses blanketed in

00:13mud and debris.

00:14Local volunteers go from home to home, clearing out the muck with spades and throwing out

00:20damaged furniture.

00:21It's just unbelievable that it came through here this quick, that so many people lost

00:26everything and probably hardly anyone had flood insurance because it never flooded.

00:33The storm broke road pipes and electricity lines, leaving residents with no power nor

00:38water.

00:39But communities like this one are mobilizing, each resident pulling their weight to help

00:44find basic necessities like food, whilst rescue teams continue to search through more remote

00:49mountain areas where many residents remain unaccounted for with a growing concern that

00:54the death toll will continue to rise.

00:58People are here alone, they don't have any friends or relatives nearby and we're the

01:02volunteers here helping them.

01:04Even private helicopter companies have joined the efforts to send aid to people stranded

01:09in isolated areas.

01:11President Biden made a second trip to the states of Florida and Georgia to survey the

01:16damage.

01:17This direct assistance is now being delivered, it's being delivered now, directly, with more

01:22to come.

01:23But folks, this entire project is going to cost billions of dollars, not tens of thousands,

01:30not millions, not a billion, billions of dollars because it goes through so many states.

01:36At least 200 people have been killed across the southeast states as a result of the category

01:42four hurricane, which officials say is the second deadliest to hit the US since Hurricane

01:48Katrina in 2005.

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