Search for victims of Hurricane Helene drags into second week

With at least 215 killed, Helene is already the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland US since Katrina in 2005.

Homes lie in a debris field in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Pensacola, North Carolina (Mike Stewart/AP)

The search for victims of Hurricane Helene dragged into its second week on Friday, as exhausted rescue crews and volunteers continued to work long days — navigating past washed out roads, downed power lines and mudslides — to reach the isolated and the missing.

“We know these are hard times, but please know we’re coming,” Sheriff Quentin Miller of Buncombe County, North Carolina, said at a Thursday evening press briefing.