At Least 64 Dead and Millions Without Power After Hurricane Helene Sweeps Across Southeast

At Least 64 Dead and Millions Without Power After Hurricane Helene Sweeps Across Southeast
Jill Rice looks over the damage to her store caused by flooding from Hurricane Helene in Gulfport, Fla., on Sept. 27, 2024. Mike Carlson/AP Photo
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PERRY, Fla.—Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power.

“I’ve never seen so many people homeless as what I have right now,” said Janalea England, of Steinhatchee, Florida, a small river town along the state’s rural Big Bend, as she turned her commercial fish market into a storm donation site for friends and neighbors, many of whom couldn’t get insurance on their homes.