At least 61 people have died in hard-hit Buncombe County, North Carolina, which encompasses Asheville, county officials said. Hundreds of thousands of customers in the South are still without power nearly one week after Hurricane Helene made landfall.

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Searchers are combing the remote mountains of North Carolina to locate the missing and those needing supplies nearly a week after Hurricane Helene barreled through the Southeast. Some roads have been crumbled by the massive flooding from Helene.

One local couple was in the midst of Hurricane Helene’s devastation near Black Mountain and Lake Lure before they made the trek back to their home in North. Sergio Riera and Chris Wolf were at their home in the mountains when they first heard the warnings of Hurricane Helene.

The North Carolina National Guard dropped supplies in Buncombe County for those affected by Helene in North Carolina.