Helene death toll tops 200; long recovery predicted for hard-hit western N.C.

Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The death toll from Hurricane Helene topped 200 and nearly 1 million residents across four states remained without power Thursday as the enormous scale of the damage wrought by last week's storm became clearer.

With nearly a dozen more deaths confirmed Thursday, the overall toll from the storm soared past 200, according to tallies kept by NBC News and USA Today, including fatalities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Virginia.

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