Environment
Water Management
North Carolina searches for survivors cut off by Hurricane Helene

By Andrew Hay and Daniel Trotta
October 1, 2024 6:11 AM EDT
Updated an hour ago

Oct 1 (Reuters) - North Carolina will resume search and rescue operations on Tuesday, intent on delivering aid and making contact with hundreds of people cut off by washed-out roads and damaged cellphone towers in the wake of Helene.

The storm killed more than 100 people across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Virginia, and the death toll is expected to rise once rescue teams reach isolated towns and telecommunications are restored.
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The state was coordinating 92 search and rescue teams from 20 states and the U.S. government, Cooper said. Most efforts were in the western part of the state where the storm ripped up roads, leveled trees and tossed homes about.
On Monday emergency workers delivered a million liters of water, 600,000 meals and hundreds of pallets of airlifted supplies, he said.

In North Carolina, some 300 roads were closed and more than 7,000 people have registered for U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance, officials said on Monday. The National Guard was flying 1,000 tons of food and water to remote areas by plane and helicopter, they added.

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