BAT CAVE, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 3: A bulldozer operator prepares for more work along North Carolina Route 9 in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on October 3, 2024 in Bat Cave, North Carolina. The death toll has topped 200 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)BAT CAVE, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 3: XXXX in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on October 3, 2024 in Bat Cave, North Carolina. The death toll has topped 200 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)