Hurricane Helene and its remnants have killed at least 162 people since the storm made landfall along the Florida Gulf Coast before barreling through multiple states, unleashing record rain and unprecedented flooding across the entire Southeast.

A new study says hurricanes in the United States are hundreds of times deadlier in the long run than the government calculates

Vice President Kamala Harris praised the workers straining to “meet the needs of people who must be seen, who must be heard” on Wednesday, as she and President Joe Biden surveyed Hurricane Helene ’s path of destruction in separate visits to Georgia and the Carolinas.

President Biden said he ripped former President Trump for lying about his administration’s efforts to respond to Hurricane Helene, and said he will visit North Carolina on Wednesday to view the damage.