U.S. President Joe Biden greets Esther Manheimer, mayor of Asheville, North Carolina, at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in Greer, South Carolina, U.S., October 2, 2024. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)





Storm damage from Hurricane Helene is seen in Asheville, North Carolina on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A hotshot firefighter walks through smoke as the Line Fire burns over 43,000 acres near Big Bear Lake in San Bernardino County, California, September 30, 2024. (Photo by David Swanson/AFP Photo)





Cindy White looks over the devastation inside her home caused by Hurricane Helene, Tuesday, October 1, 2024 in Morganton, N.C. The adjacent Catawba River flooded due to the torrential rains destroying the seven of family's nine homes on the property. (Photo by Kathy Kmonicek/AP Photo)





President Joe Biden, from left, speaks as Paralympic wheelchair basketball player Steve Serio, Paralympic sitting volleyball player Nicky Nieves, and Olympic rower Nick Mead, listen during an event celebrating the 2024 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, September 30, 2024. (Photo by Susan Walsh/AP Photo)





Emily Ogburn, right, hugs her friend Cody Klein after he brought her a meal on October 2, 2024 in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Ogburn's home was spared and she spent the morning of the storm helping and comforting neighbors who had found shelter on a neighbors porch. According to reports, at least 160 people have been killed across the southeastern U.S., and more than a million are without power due to the storm. The White House has approved disaster declarations in multiple southern states, freeing up federal emergency management money and resources. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)





Destruction is seen across from the Swannanoa River on October 2, 2024 in Swannanoa, North Carolina. According to reports, at least 160 people have been killed across the southeastern U.S., and more than a million are without power due to the storm. The White House has approved disaster declarations in multiple southern states, freeing up federal emergency management money and resources. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)





New York Mets' Brandon Nimmo, Harrison Bader, and Tyrone Taylor celebrate after Game 2 of a National League wild card baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, October 1, 2024, in Milwaukee. The Mets won 8-4. (Photo by Morry Gash/AP Photo)





A search and rescue dog and handler searches for victims in deep mud in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Tuesday, October 1, 2024, in Swannanoa, N.C. (Photo by Mike Stewart/AP Photo)





A drone view shows a damaged area, following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Asheville, North Carolina, September 29, 2024. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





Lady Gaga arrives at the premiere of “Joker: Folie a Deux” on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Photo)





Avery Sherrill salvages what he can from his destroyed family business, Mudtools, along the Broad River in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on October 1, 2024 in Bat Cave, North Carolina. The death toll has topped 140 people across the southeastern U.S. due to the storm, according to published reports, which made landfall as a category 4 storm on Thursday. Millions are without power and the federal government has declared major disasters in areas of North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Alabama, freeing up federal emergency management money and resources for those states, according to the reports. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)





A drone view shows rescue personnel working in a flooded area, following the pass of Hurricane Helene, in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S., September 29, 2024. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives at the federal court after being charged with bribery and illegally soliciting a campaign contribution from a foreign national, in New York City on October 2, 2024. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)





Actors Rooney Mara, left, and Joaquin Phoenix arrive at the premiere of “Joker: Folie a Deux” on Monday, September 30, 2024, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Photo)





A search and rescue team out of Atlantic Beach examines a van swept into the river in Swannanoa, by flooding from Helene, in North Carolina, September 29, 2024. (Photo by Travis Long/The News & Observer)





A rescue team paddles down the Swannanoa River after the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina, September 29, 2024. (Photo by Travis Long/The News & Observer)





US Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance (L) and Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz talk with each other at the end of the Vice Presidential debate hosted by CBS News at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP Photo)





Fire and Rescue members stand as a helicopter takes off of a bridge, following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Bat Cave, North Carolina, September 30, 2024. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





A drone view shows damaged vehicles, following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Asheville, North Carolina, September 29, 2024. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)