Latest on Helene's Impacts as Rain Spreads to the North

It has been nearly 48 hours since Hurricane Helene's landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida as a massive Category 4 storm but the impacts continue to linger. Here is the latest on this deadly storm that has affected dozens of states over the last few days.

At Least 50 Fatalities Confirmed as a Result of Helene

There have been at least 50 deaths blamed on Helene throughout Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The death toll includes two firefighters from Saluda County, South Carolina. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised the death toll in his state on Saturday, sending the count up to 11. This number includes several drownings in Pinellas County. State officials said that some of the fatalities happened in areas that were under mandatory evacuation orders.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's office confirmed that 15 people have died in the Peach State. Two of the deaths were the result of a tornado in the town of Alamo. North Carolina is reporting six deaths, including a car accident that took the life of a 4-year-old girl. Lastly, one person has died in Craig County, Virginia after a tree fell on a building.

According to the U.S. Defense Department, almost 4,000 National Guardsmen have been deployed to conduct rescue efforts in 21 Florida counties. The states of North Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia have also deployed their guardsmen.

As of Saturday morning, there were still about 3.3 million customers without power in the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, and as far north as Ohio. At the height of the storm, there were over 4 million people in the dark. This figure was the largest number of power outages since 2017's Hurricane Irma knocked out power to about 7.6 million people.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell traveled to Florida on Saturday to assess the damage and determine the need for federal resources. FEMA officials said that there are still at least 1,900 people at shelters.