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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore and agencies

More than 150 dead after Hurricane Helene dumps over 40tn gallons of rain

Two cars drive through flooded streets
Vehicles drive through high water on 27 September in Boone, North Carolina. Photograph: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

Hurricane Helene’s death toll has surpassed 150 as searchers use helicopters to get past washed-out bridges and hike through wilderness to reach isolated homes.

Crews were still trudging through knee-deep muck and debris in the wake of the deadly category 4 storm that dumped more than 40tn gallons of rain on the southern US after it crashed ashore in Florida on Thursday.

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