Helene death toll climbs past 100 as Southeast digs out from storm's devastation

The number of storm-related deaths climbed past 100 across the Southeast on September 29, as authorities rushed to airdrop supplies, restore power and clear roads after massive rains from the powerful Helene left people stranded and without shelter, Report informs referring to CBS News.

Helene has left at least 116 people dead, CBS News has confirmed, and caused widespread destruction and knocked out power to several million people.

Thirty fatalities were reported in Buncombe County, in North Carolina, one of the states that was hardest hit by the storm.

The storm crashed ashore in Florida's Big Bend area on Thursday night as a dangerous Category 4 storm.

Helene was the third hurricane to hit the Big Bend region in the last 13 months.