(The Center Square) – Hurricane Helene’s death toll is 230 for seven states primarily in the South and 101 in North Carolina.
This is the sixth week of recovery from the storm that came ashore in Florida on Sept. 26 as a Category 4 hurricane. North Carolina Emergency Management says the number unaccounted for or missing is seven, according to a Monday morning email to The Center Square.
The body of a missing worker in Tennessee was discovered last week and her death announced late Friday, pushing the total fatalities in the state to 18.
Respective state officials say 49 were killed in South Carolina, 34 in Georgia, 25 in Florida, two in Virginia and one in Indiana. Numbers were confirmed by The Center Square based on information supplied by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; South Carolina Department of Public Safety; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; Florida Department of Law Enforcement; Tennessee Emergency Management Agency; Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin; and the Gibson County Sheriff’s Office in Indiana.