Power outage map: Swaths of western North Carolina dark after Hurricane Helene USA TODAYHelene flooding strands hundreds of North Carolina residents as storm’s death toll reaches 90 CNNLIVE UPDATES: Helene death toll rises, schools close, resources coming WLOSRescue missions underway in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene brings ‘historic’ flooding, landslides Fox NewsIn four decades, their home never flooded.