A crisis is unfolding in the mountains of western North Carolina, where water, food and other supplies are being airlifted into places cut off by mudslides and washed-out roads.

Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came into light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.

On Sunday, President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for North Carolina following devastating and historic rainfall and flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. 2.Helene was a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region on Thursday.