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At least 30 people have died in just one North Carolina county after a weekend of historic flooding from Hurricane Helene devastated the southeastern states.
Helene made landfall on Thursday night as a Category 4 storm, striking Florida’s Big Bend region and moving north through the American south. The death toll across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia rose to 91 by Sunday evening, the Associated Press reported.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said he expected the death toll in the Tar Heel State to continue rising in the foreseeable future. “Tragically, we know there will be more,” Cooper said at a press conference earlier on Sunday.
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