Cleaning up after a hurricane or other storm is exhausting but necessary. If you're doing it yourself, here are a few tips to make it a bit easier.

Dry the house out as soon as possible. Use a wet-dry vacuum or water pump to remove standing water, then fans and dehumidifiers to remove excess moisture. Fans should be placed to blow air out of the house, to prevent mold from spreading.

Hurricane Helene flooded properties and devastated buildings in recent days as it tore across a vast stretch from Florida to Tennessee. Over the coming days and weeks, households will start to rebuild -- and the costs will be enormous.

Federal, state and local officials have warned that the death total will rise in East Tennessee from flooding caused by Hurricane Helene.

After making landfall in Florida on Thursday, Hurricane Helene continued north, bringing catastrophic flooding to western North Carolina and parts of South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Asheville,

Treasure Island Mayor Tyler Payne describes the extent of the damage caused by Hurricane Helene in his Florida town on 'Varney & Co.'

Hurricane Helene has laid waste to the southeastern United States. Its sheer wind force and deadly floods left behind a path of destruction stretching over 500 miles from Florida to the Southern Appalachians.