Storm Helene Causes Massive Flooding Across Swath Of Western North Carolina

SWANNANOA, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 07: (L to R) Nurse practitioner Jen Felter, Dr. Khristina Meissner and Dr. Pat Tucker, all volunteers, retrieve water from a well for a woman in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene flooding on October 7, 2024 in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Felter and Meissner work together in a hospital in Idaho and drove 36 hours to North Carolina to volunteer with a new community group, which is offering free health care to storm affected individuals by volunteer healthcare workers. Rescue and recovery efforts continue as the death toll has risen to over 230 in what is now the deadliest U.S. mainland hurricane since Hurricane Katrina. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)