A crisis unfolded in Asheville, North Carolina, as officials pledged to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas without power and cellular service Monday, days after Hurricane Helene ripped across the U.S. Southeast.
The death toll from the storm surpassed 130. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said during a news conference Monday that the death toll in that state had risen from 17 to 25. A North Carolina county that includes the reported 40 killed there.
Follow AP’s coverage of tropical weather at . Here’s the latest: North Carolina election officials announce voter guidance State election officials in North Carolina are announcing guidance to voters after Hurricane Helene devastated counties in the western part of the state. Counties without internet service will receive emergency kits the state Board of Elections is calling “election offices in a box.
” They will help local offices register voters and process absentee ballots until service is restored. Voters in counties that are under a state or federal natural disaster declaration also will be exempted from North Carolina’s voter identification requirements. Those displaced by the storm can request an absentee ballot at their temporary home, although the board acknowledged that mail delivery is suspended at dozens of post offices in the hardest-hit regions.
Biden announces he will visit North Carolina later in the week President Joe Biden said Monday he will travel to North Carolina on Wednesda.