Vehicles move slowly around trees that have fallen after Hurricane Helene, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) (Mike Stewart, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)A boat pushed ashore on to the Dunedin Causeway by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Dunedin, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Jill Rice looks over the damage to her store caused by flooding from Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Gulfport, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Workers clear debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Foundations and steps to buildings that were destroyed by the storm surge from Hurricane Helene are seen along the shoreline in the aftermath of the storm, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Boats sit on the drive and roadways after being pushed by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene at the Ozona Shores Marina on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Palm Harbor, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Destruction to the Faraway Inn Cottages and Motel is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Hailey Morgan, right, surveys the damage to their flooded home after returning with her children, Aria Skye Hall, 7, left, and Kyle Ross, 7, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Crystal River, Fla. Morgan stayed with her grandmother and her children in Hernando, Fla., as the storm made landfall. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Destruction to the Faraway Inn Cottages and Motel is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Leslie Sturmer, a University of Florida employee, and John Rittenhouse, general manager of the Cedar Key Water and Sewer District, both residents, talk in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Dustin Holmes, rear, his girlfriend Hailey Morgan, and her children Aria Skye Hall, 7, left, and Kyle Ross, 4, right, arrive to their flooded home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Crystal River, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Dustin Holmes, second from right, holds hands with his girlfriend, Hailey Morgan, while returning to their flooded home with her children Aria Skye Hall, 7, right, and Kyle Ross, 4, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Crystal River, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Vehicles move slowly around trees that have fallen after Hurricane Helene moved through the area, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)A damaged 100-year-old home is seen after an Oak tree landed on it after Hurricane Helene moved through the area Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Ronda Bell looks on after an Oak tree landed on her 100-year-old home after Hurricane Helene moved through, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)A boat rests on a street after being relocated during flooding caused by Hurricane Helene Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Hudson, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Chase Allbritton flies a drone near downed trees in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Perry, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)A man walks out of a street with water flooded from Hurricane Helene Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New Port Richey, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)This photo provided by Lee County Sheriff's office shows floodwaters by Hurricane Helene in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Lee County Sheriff's Office via AP)Lee County Sheriff's deputies dispatch a rescue boat to search for people trapped by floodwaters by Hurricane Helene in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Lee County Sheriff's Office via AP)A person looks over a flooded street due to Hurricane Helene late Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 in New Port Richey, Fla. (Danielle Molisee via AP)Water has begun to cover Riverside Drive in downtown St. Marks, Fla. on Thursday Sept 26, 2024. The town sits at the confluence of the Wakulla and St. Marks Rivers and is known to flood during storm events. (AP Photo/Kate Payne) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)A damaged 100-year-old home is seen after an Oak tree landed on the home after Hurricane Helene moved through the area, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Floodwaters surround a structure Friday, Sept 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jason Allen) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)A woman walks with her dog through floodwaters from Hurricane Helene in the Shore Acres neighborhood Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)A vehicle is submerged outside a home near Peachtree Creek in Atlanta Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Jason Allen) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Workers clear debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)An American flag sits in the floodwaters from Hurricane Helene in the Shore Acres neighborhood Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Halle Brooks kayaks down a street flooded by Hurricane Helene in the Shore Acres neighborhood Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Workers remove debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Thomas Chaves, left, and Vinny Almeida walk through floodwaters from Hurricane Helene in an attempt to reach Chaves's mother's house in the Shore Acres neighborhood Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Law enforcement officers from the Florida Fish Wildlife and Conservation Commission drive past destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)The business Chez What is seen after of Hurricane Helene moved through the area Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)This photo provided by Venice Police Department rescue crews assist residents after conducting door-to-door wellness checks, in coastal areas that were flooded by Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Venice, Fla . (Venice Police Department via AP)This photo provided by Venice Police Department rescue crews assist residents after conducting door-to-door wellness checks, in coastal areas that were flooded by Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Venice, Fla . (Venice Police Department via AP)Capt. BJ Johnston, a law enforcement officer from the Florida Fish Wildlife and Conservation Commission surveys destruction from a high water buggy in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Workers remove debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)A vehicle is submerged outside a home near Peachtree Creek in Atlanta Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Jason Allen) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Bradley Tennant looks through his house flooded with water from Hurricane Helene in the Shore Acres neighborhood Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Workers clear debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Workers remove debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Intensas olas circundan el embarcadero St. Pete mientras el huracn Helene pasa al oeste de Tampa Bay, el jueves 26 de septiembre de 2024, en St. Petersburg, Florida. (Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times va AP) (Tampa Bay Times)Louis Ward, 57, avanza en su bici por una avenida inundada mientras el huracn Helene se desplaza hacia el noroeste de Florida, el jueves 26 de septiembre de 2024, en Gulfport. (Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times va AP) (Tampa Bay Times)Residents of one mobile home community in Columbia County are grateful to be alive after Helene knocked down several trees, severely damaging many of their homes. (Copyright 2024 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.)Several homes were damaged at at Cannon Creek Inc Mobile Home Community Thursday night after Hurricane Helene. (Copyright 2024 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.)A tree rests on an adandoned car on Interstate 20 in the aftermath of Hurrican Helene Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, Grovetown, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Workers with the Georgia Department of Transportation clear debris from Interstate 20 in the aftermath of Hurrican Helene Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Grovetown, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)A tree rests on an adandoned car on Interstate 20 in the aftermath of Hurrican Helene Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, Grovetown, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Officer Nate Martir, left, Capt. BJ Johnston and Lieutenant Kevin Kleis, law enforcement officers from the Florida Fish Wildlife and Conservation Commission drive past destruction in a high water capable swamp buggy, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)A tree rests on an adandoned car on Interstate 20 in the aftermath of Hurrican Helene Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, Grovetown, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)A member of the USGS checks the information in the bridge station on Hermi's Bridge checking the water gauge along the Chattahoochee River near Paces Ferry Drive SE after Hurricane Helene passed the area, Friday, Sept 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jason Allen) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Faith Cotto comforts her mother Nancy as they look at the remains of their home which burned during the flooding from Hurricane Helene in the Shore Acres neighborhood Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Officer Nate Martir, a law enforcement officer from the Florida Fish Wildlife and Conservation Commission, holds an American flag that was lying on the ground amid debris, while patrolling from a high water capable swamp buggy, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)A gas station sits partially submerged by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane John, in Acapulco, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernardino Hernandez) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)An unidentified man paddles a canoe to rescue residents and their belongings at a flooded apartment complex after Hurricane Helene passed the area on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ron Harris) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)A patron looks at the flooding from Hurricane Helene in the Paces neighborhood, Friday, Sept 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jason Allen) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)One of several stranded cars is seen at a flooded apartment complex after Hurricane Helene passed the area on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ron Harris) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)Two women maneuver a kayak into position to retrieve belongings at a flooded apartment complex after Hurricane Helene passed the area on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ron Harris) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)An overpass above a swollen and rushing Peachtree Creek, the site of a major Civil War battle, is seen overflowing its lower banks after Hurricane Helene passed the area on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ron Harris) (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
