People walk next to fast-flowing flood waters running down the town’s main King Street as Tropical Storm Helene strikes, in Boone, North Carolina on September 27, 2024. (Photo by Jonathan Drake/Reuters)





Kyla Williams, daughter of a manager at Roy’s Restaurant, helps cleaning after Hurricane Helene made landfall overnight, in Steinhatchee, Florida on September 27, 2024. (Photo by Octavio Jones/Reuters)





Halle Brooks kayaks down a street flooded by Hurricane Helene in the Shore Acres neighborhood Friday, September 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Photo by Mike Carlson/AP Photo)





A swift water team rescues residents from severe flooding as Tropical Storm Helene strikes, in Boone, North Carolina, U.S. September 27, 2024. Picture taken through a window. (Photo by Jonathan Drake/Reuters)





Flood waters wash over Guy Ford Road bridge on the Watauga River as Hurricane Helene approaches in the North Carolina mountains, in Sugar Grove, North Carolina, U.S. September 26, 2024. (Photo by Jonathan Drake/Reuters)





Esperanza Uruena, right, drums in reaction to a scoring play during the fifth inning of a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, September 26, 2024. (Photo by Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP Photo)





In this aerial view, boats are piled up in front of homes after Hurricane Helene hit the area as it passed offshore on September 28, 2024 in Treasure Island, Florida. Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in Florida's Big Bend with winds up to 140 mph and storm surges that killed at least 42 people in several states. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)





An aerial picture taken on September 28, 2024, shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Valdosta, Georgia. At least 44 people died across five US states battered by powerful storm Helene, authorities said on September 27, after torrential flooding prompted emergency responders to launch massive rescue operations. (Photo by John Falchetto/AFP Photo)





Men inspect the damage from flooding in the Biltmore Village in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in Florida's Big Bend with winds up to 140 mph. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)





A large oak lies on a home after it fell due to Tropical Storm Helene in Anderson, South Carolina, U.S., September 27, 2024. (Photo by Ken Ruinard/The Anderson Independent Mail/USA TODAY Network via Reuters)





National Christian organization Faithful America unveiled a 15-foot golden calf resembling former President Trump in front of the U.S. Capitol Building to showcase the group's opposition of what they believe is the twisting of Christianity to attack freedom and democracy in support of Trump's candidacy and Project 2025 in Washington, Wednesday, October 2, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Wolf/AP Content Services for Faithful America)





A local resident helps free a car that became stranded in a stretch of flooding road as Tropical Storm Helene strikes, on the outskirts of Boone, North Carolina, U.S. September 27, 2024. (Photo by Jonathan Drake/Reuters)





Members of Aerial Recovery search for stranded residents after Hurricane Helene made landfall overnight, in Steinhatchee, Florida on September 27, 2024. (Photo by Octavio Jones/Reuters)





An American flag sits in floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the Shore Acres neighborhood Friday, September 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Helene has reportedly killed at least 20 people and inflicted more than 4m power outages across the south-eastern US after crashing ashore in north-western Florida late on Thursday as a potent category 4 hurricane, according to officials.(Photo by Mike Carlson/AP Photo)





George and Amal Clooney are seen arriving to the Clooney Foundation for Justice's The Albies at New York Public Library on September 26, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)





Chief Mapu Huni Kuin and DJ ALOK perform onstage during the Global Citizen Festival 2024 in Central Park on September 28, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Global Citizen)





Singer Janelle Monáe at the All Things Go Music Festival held at Forest Hills Stadium on September 29, 2024 in New York, New York. (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images)





A demonstrator carries a sign at a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, September 26, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)





Country singer Miranda Lambert poses on the red carpet for the People's Choice Country Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., September 26, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Wurm/Reuters)





University students walk through flowing flood waters in the town’s main King Street thoroughfare as Tropical Storm Helene strikes, in Boone, North Carolina on September 27, 2024. (Photo by Jonathan Drake/Reuters)