The death toll from Hurricane Helene has reached 200, making it the deadliest mainland storm since Katrina in 2005. More than half of the fatalities in North Carolina. Rescuers continue searching for survivors, and hundreds remain missing. Nearly a million homes lack power, and tens of thousands in North Carolina lack running water. President Biden received an aerial tour of the hurricane damage in Tallahassee, Florida, and approved federal disaster assistance for survivors in five affected states.
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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:02The death toll from Hurricane Helene has reached 200, making it the deadliest mainland storm
00:07since Katrina in 2005.
00:10More than half of the fatalities are in North Carolina.
00:13Rescuers continue searching for survivors, and hundreds remain missing.
00:16Nearly a million homes are without power, and tens of thousands in North Carolina lack
00:20running water.
00:22President Biden received an aerial tour of the hurricane damage in Tallahassee, Florida,
00:26and approved federal disaster assistance for survivors in five affected states.
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