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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Monday, September 30th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today we have the latest on the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Plus Election Day is right around the corner to discuss a project that looks at seven key

battlegrounds and how native voices are offering

travelers a chance to see beyond the scenery. The death toll has risen past 90

across multiple states in the days since Hurricane Helene made landfall in

Florida on Thursday as a historic category four storm and more than 2 million

people remained without power late yesterday across the southeast. That included

nearly half a million in North Carolina where the storm destroyed homes,

trapped residents, spawned landslides, and sunk communities under floodwaters.

Hundreds of roads were washed away. slides and sunk communities under floodwaters.

Hundreds of roads were washed away.

Cellular service for over 250,000 people was cut off and swaths of cities including

Asheville were left underwater. The state's governor Roy Cooper said

Helene had become one of the worst storms in modern history for parts of North

Carolina. Many communities across eastern Tennessee were still underwater and coping with crumbled roads, unsteady bridges, and devastated utility systems yesterday.

The remnants of a lien brought rivers to record levels and forced evacuations. Schools remained close. The

Féphaleen brought rivers to record levels and forced evacuations.

The U.S. has averaged eight yearly disasters that caused more than a billion dollars in damage since 1980. But in the last five years, the number of such

catastrophes has more than doubled to 18. Helene is only the latest with the cost of its damage

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