Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett and I'm on the Navas on the news hour tonight

Americans from Florida to North Carolina desperately seek help in the wake of Hurricane Helene while the storm's death toll

rises. Israel launches ground raids in southern Lebanon and an air strike in the

heart of Beirut as the Hezbollah militant group remains defiant.

And the cost of college, why many students are forced to spend more for housing than they do for tuition.

Developers know that students are a vulnerable population

and because of that there's a rise in rents every year. Welcome to the news hour. The devastating toll from Hurricane Helene keeps growing.

Authorities say at least 120 people have died across six states and officials fear that

number could grow even larger.

Many more people are still missing and unaccounted for.

In North Carolina, communities are in crisis with many roads closed, slowing the delivery

of food, water, and other desperately needed aid.

And some places in Florida are now trying to recover from their third big hit in less than two years.

Special correspondent, Christopher Booker Booker has our report.

For residents on Florida's Big Bend, it's been a year like no other. The small community

of Keaton Beach took an almost direct hit from Hurricane Helene. It was the third

hurricane since last summer to strike this stretch of the Gulf Coast. Where we're

standing all that's left is what? Just the pylons on the house. Just the pylons. Where is the rest of the house?

Over there in the canal, across the canal.

Shannon Millenor lost his entire home to the estimated 15 feet of storm search. He was born and raised in this area and

says many in this close-knit community are reeling. They're just devastating.

We pretty much know everybody down here and this this, you know, everybody was, that lived here full time,

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