Red Cross crews from across the country, including Illinois, are on the ground in Florida to assist with recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene made landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm.

Hurricane Helene has taken the lives of more than 130 people in six states—and hundreds more are missing. In parts of Western North Carolina, more than 2 feet of rain fell. Electricity will not be restored for days in the city of Asheville—and help has been slow to arrive.

Since touching down as a Category 4 hurricane last week, Hurricane Helene has killed more than 100 people and left over 2 million homes and businesses without power in the Southeast. Though the hurricane first made landfall in Florida,

More than 110,000 customers in Florida were still without electricity on Monday afternoon while thousands in the Carolinas were desperate for food, water and shelter.

The Southeast grappled Sunday with rising death tolls, a lack of vital supplies in isolated, flood-stricken areas, and the widespread loss of homes and property while the devastating toll of Hurricane Helene became more clear and officials warned of a lengthy and difficult rebuild.

Authorities rushed to airlift supplies and restore communications and roads in flooded Asheville, North Carolina, on Sunday as residents along the storm-battered Florida coast gathered for church services amid the wreckage of Hurricane Helene.

Adjusters in Florida say insurance companies altered Hurricane Ian damage reports to underpay homeowners. Whistleblowers detail what they found.

It is a question many Floridians are asking after Hurricane Helene: what impact will the widespread damage from this storm have on the state’s property insurance market? According to data from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation,