At least 30 people have died in the area around Asheville, North Carolina. “Those communities no longer resemble what they were a week ago,” one official said.

Hurricane Helene’s devastating toll kept climbing Sunday as search and rescue teams, combing through the wreckage of splintered homes and wind-tossed vehicles, counted at least 93 storm-related deaths across five states.

The hurricane’s death toll rose Sunday to at least 84 people across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia.