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As searchers move further into some of the area's hardest hit by Hurricane Helene, the death toll from the The

researchers moved further into some of the area's hardest hit by Hurricane Helene. The death toll from the storm is rising.

In the mountains of Western North Carolina, the storm washed out roads, knocked out power and cell phone service,

and left tens of thousands of people

without water.

With more than 200 people solicit, it is missing in Buncombe County alone, Sheriff

Quinton Miller says the effort is continuing to locate any additional victims.

I promise to you that we will continue to answer every call.

We will respond to every need and protect every corner of Buncombe County.

We're in this together, and we will not stop

until our community is safe.

Colleen is no longer a hurricane by the time it reached North Carolina,

but the largest loss of life was there. Today President Joe Biden

surveyed storm damage in Florida and Georgia. With the lead now the deadliest hurricane

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