Helene's Death Toll Rises

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Helene's death toll hits 200 and may keep rising as crews enter most remote areas hit by storm

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Hurricane Helene’s death toll reaches 200 on Thursday and could rise higher still.

Officials in Georgia and North Carolina added to their states’ grim tallies, padding an overall count that has already made Helene the deadliest storm to hit the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 .

The number of people without power dipped below 1 million for the first time since last weekend .

Volunteers in Asheville , North Carolina , go out to help find people who have been unreachable because of phone and internet outages.

At least 61 people have died in Buncombe County in North Carolina .

President Joe Biden speaks with survivors and first responders in Florida and Georgia .

The Obama administration announces a federal commitment to foot the bill for debris removal.

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