As of Monday, Hurricane Helene has already claimed more than 100 lives as the powerful Hurricane that swept through the Southeast left devastation and chaos in its wake. Helene is considered to be one of the deadliest hurricanes to make landfall in the United States in the modern era. The Carolinas, Florida, Georgia and Tennesee have all reported deaths from the deadly storm. As communities struggle to get back on their feet after the storm, hundreds are still missing with search and rescue operations underway. Buncombe County in North Carolina alone has reported 35 deaths due to the storms, officials said. Helene already ranks in the top 10 deadliest storms in United States history. The number of victims could continue to grow as cleanup and rescue operations continue. Only eight hurricanes have killed more than 100 people since 1950, the last time a storm as deadly as Helene hit the US came in 2017, when Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Houston and was blamed for 103 deaths. Here are other comparable storms. The deadliest hurricanes, based on National Hurricane Center information, are listed below by their rank, name, year and number of deaths. Source: National Hurricane Center reports Contributing: Dinah Voyles Pulver Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at [email protected] and follow him on X @fern_cerv_.Hurricane Katrina
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