Distributors Share Hurricane Impact Updates

Lead photo: A NOAA satellite image from the early morning of Sept. 26 shows Hurricane Helene approaching the Florida coast. (NOAA photo)

The southeast United States was hit by the second-deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland in the past 50 years over Sept. 26-27, moving from the Florida panhandle, through Georgia, the Carolinas and into the southern Appalachians. Much of that swath received at least a foot of rain across three days, with up to 30 inches dumping on parts of western North Carolina. Hurricane Helene is responsible for at least 200 deaths through Oct. 2, with almost half of…