Hurricane Helene Victims Include Young Siblings Killed by Falling Tree as They Slept

Damage to homes and vehicles along with evidence of re-routed streams in Black Mountain, N.C., on Oct. 2, 2024. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

Falling trees and raging floods from Hurricane Helene killed more than 150 people when it struck Florida late last week and then plowed through the Southeast as one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history.

People died in six states: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.