In pictures: Hurricane Helene unleashes its fury

Martika Stansell and two of her children help pile debris in front of their flooded house in Canton, North Carolina, on Thursday, October 3.

Helicopters use a field in Swannanoa, North Carolina, as a landing zone Thursday to ferry supplies and crews to areas made inaccessible by Helene.

A man helps clean out a home's flooded crawlspace in Cruso, North Carolina, on Thursday.

A residential area is flooded in Swannanoa on Thursday.

A relief group climbs up the side of a hill as they help near Bat Cave, North Carolina, on Thursday. The group was tasked with clearing roads and checking on people isolated because of Helene.

Volunteers load supplies at Ridgeline Heating and Cooling, which was turned into a relief area and community coordination center in Bills Creek, North Carolina, on Thursday.

A police car is stuck in mud in a flooded area of Lake Lure, North Carolina, on Wednesday, October 2.

Homes are damaged in Chimney Rock, North Carolina, on Wednesday.

People help run a volunteer local community care center in Barnardsville, North Carolina, on Wednesday.

A marina is filled with debris in Lake Lure on Wednesday.

Emily Ogburn, right, hugs her friend Cody Klein after he brought her a meal in Swannanoa on Wednesday.

Friends help Sam Soughail, third from left, clear out his Casablanca Cigar Bar in Asheville, North Carolina, on Tuesday, October 1.

Van Hutchins, right, hands Dennis Rector a family photo album that survived the flooding of his wife's business, the Penland & Sons Department Store, in Marshall, North Carolina.

Power line poles lean in Lake Lure on Tuesday.

A search-and-rescue team looks for victims in deep mud Tuesday in Swannanoa, North Carolina.

Andy Brown takes a break on top of what remains of a tree that destroyed his SUV in Augusta, Georgia, on Tuesday.

Len Frisbee dumps a wheelbarrow of dirt as he helps with cleanup in Hot Springs, North Carolina, on Tuesday.

People evacuate by foot on Highway 64, near the Bat Cave community of North Carolina, on Monday, September 30.

A helicopter flies near damaged buildings in Bat Cave on Monday.

Linda Bandy, left, and Carissa Sheehan clean up inside the International Moulding frame shop in Morganton, North Carolina, on Monday.

Janice Whitley hands her brother Terry Wilson some salvaged items while they remove valuables from their flooded home in Old Fort on Sunday, September 29.

People wait in line to access gasoline in Fletcher, North Carolina, on Sunday.

Melinda Segassie wheels possessions she salvaged from her home in Steinhatchee, Florida, on Sunday.

This home in Tampa, Florida, was destroyed by fire during the storm.

Workers clean and gut a flooded property in Steinhatchee on Sunday.

Meta Gatschenberger surveys the remains of her collapsed house in Boone, North Carolina, on Saturday, September 28.

Floodwaters are seen in Asheville in this image released by the North Carolina Department of Transportation on Saturday.

People gather at a fire station to access Wi-Fi on Saturday after Helene moved through Asheville.

People inspect flood damage in Asheville on Saturday.

An area of Asheville is flooded on Saturday.

Elmira Glover sits on her porch after taking the first look inside her home, which had been completely flooded in Steinhatchee.

Boats displaced by Hurricane Helene sit in front of homes in Treasure Island, Florida, on Saturday.

Light filters into a room of a home that was destroyed by the hurricane in Horseshoe Beach, Florida.

Customers crowd a supermarket aisle for bottled water after widespread damage disrupted water supplies in Boone on Saturday.

Buildings are left damaged by the storm in Valdosta, Georgia, on Saturday.

People walk among debris from their family's beach house in Horseshoe Beach on Saturday.

The Laurel Fork Road bridge is destroyed by floodwaters in Vilas, North Carolina, on September 27.

Cassandra Randall, right, is hugged by Jessica Downey inside a damaged Maddie's grocery store in Steinhatchee on September 27.

People work on power lines after Hurricane Helene passed offshore in Crystal River, Florida, on September 27.

Hailey Morgan, right, surveys the damage to her flooded home after returning with her children, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Crystal River on September 27.

An aerial view shows a flooded and damaged area following Hurricane Helene in Steinhatchee on September 27.

A person walks into fast-flowing waters to assist a stranded driver in a stretch of flooded road on the outskirts of Boone on September 27.

People use buckets to remove water from a home near Peachtree Creek in Atlanta on September 27 after Hurricane Helene brought heavy rain overnight.

Sarah Cribbins and her son, Michael, cuddle their dog after being rescued from floodwaters in Crystal River on September 27.

Debris is seen inside a Cedar Key, Florida, store on September 27.

A tree crew cuts up large limbs that fell on East 49th Street in Savannah, Georgia, on September 27.

An American flag sits in floodwaters in the Shore Acres neighborhood of St. Petersburg, Florida, on September 27.

A tree lies on a house in Valdosta, Georgia, on September 27.

Candice Ocvil, left, and Jibri Tolen, right, row through flood waters in Atlanta on September 27.

The aftermath of Hurricane Helene is seen in Cedar Key, Florida, on September 27.

Candace Redwine surveys the damage after about 3 feet of water inundated her Spiceman Kitchen store in Tarpon Springs, Florida, on September 27.

Flood water washes over Guy Ford Road bridge on the Watauga River in Sugar Grove, North Carolina, on September 26.

In this screengrab taken from a United States Coast Guard body cam, a man and his dog are seen being rescued after his sailboat became disabled and started taking on water off Sanibel Island, Florida, on September 26.

Cars drive over the George G. Tapper Bridge before Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Port Saint Joe, Florida, on September 26.

Guests put on ponchos at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, on September 26 as Hurricane Helene began bearing down.

Carol Poulson uses her phone to document the impacts of Hurricane Helene as it builds offshore in St. Petersburg on September 26.

A man walks through a flooded Times Square area of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on September 26.

Cynthia Centeno, a Tallahassee resident, sits with her family inside a hurricane evacuation shelter at Fairview Middle School in Leon County, Florida, on September 26.

Waves impact a house seawall in Eastpoint, Florida, on September 26.

Charles Starling, a lineman with Team Fishel, walks by a row of electrical line trucks staged in a field in The Villages, Florida, on September 26.

People work at the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, Florida, on September 26.

A man crosses a flooded area on the coast of Gulfport, Florida, on September 26.

Cars drive through a flooded street in St. Pete Beach on September 26.

Hurricane Helene is seen in a satellite photo on September 26.

A woman fills up a container with gas ahead of Helene's landfall in Cross City, Florida, on September 25.

People in Guanimar, Cuba, traverse a flooded street in a boat on September 25.

A Wakulla County firefighter speaks to residents of Panacea, Florida, while making note of those who were not evacuating on September 25.

Storm damage from Helene is seen in Puerto Juarez, Mexico, on September 25.

People fill up sandbags in Clearwater, Florida, on September 25.