More than 600 people are missing or missing as a result of Hurricane Helen in the United States. The BBC writes about this with reference to the White House.
US President’s Homeland Security Advisor Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall said during a briefing that the number of dead due to the hurricane could reach up to 600 people.
“According to our data, the death toll may be closer to 600, but at this time we do not have definitive confirmation of this information.”, – she noted.
Sherwood-Randall emphasized that at least 600 people are missing or reported missing.
As a result of the natural disaster, about 2 million people were left without electricity, and more than 50 thousand workers are working to restore power networks in several affected states. Search and rescue operations are hampered by blocked roads and damaged communication lines. In some remote areas, essential items such as food and water are delivered by air due to the impossibility of access by land transport.
Hurricane Helen, which struck Florida as a category four hurricane, became one of the most powerful in the history of the Big Bend region. After that, he continued his destructive path north, covering Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee.
