Hurricane 'Helen' wreaked havoc in America, 60 people died; power supply to lakhs of homes was cut off
Hurricane Helene continues to wreak havoc in the southeastern part of the US, now the death toll from this storm has risen to 60. South Carolina recorded the highest number of deaths with 24 people dead. Southeastern US states began a massive clean-up operation on Sunday after the winds and rain. Storm waves generated by Hurricane Helene knocked out power.
Hurricane Helen continues to wreak havoc in the southeastern part of the US, now the death toll from this storm has risen to 60. South Carolina recorded the highest number of deaths with 24 people dead. Southeastern US states began a massive clean-up operation on Sunday after winds, rain. Storm waves generated by Hurricane Helen knocked out power.
Millions of people lost their lives as roads and bridges were destroyed. According to local officials in South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, North, at least 60 people have died due to the storm. Of these, 17 people including children have died in Georgia.
Search for bodies continues
The search for bodies continues. Also, officials fear that more bodies will be found. Also, losses are likely to range from 15 billion to 100 billion. billion, insurers and forecasters said over the weekend. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Dean Criswell on Sunday cited significant damage from water.
According to media reports, the US government has adequate resources to deal with this. About 2.7 million customers remained without power on Sunday.
Twins were among the dead
Earlier, the death toll from the storm was 44. The dead included three firefighters, a woman and her one-month-old twins. Rescue teams have launched missions to rescue people from floodwaters.