Recovery efforts underway in North Carolina as Helene death toll tops 250 [Video]

Nearly three weeks after Helene swept through the Southeast, many communities are still reeling from its impacts as the extent of its devastation is coming into focus.

Some families continue to live without water or power, describing their situation as camping inside their own homes, according to FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne.

The lack of infrastructure has forced some people to retrieve water from nearby rivers and streams with buckets, so they may use the water to flush their toilets.

Roads are left impassable, making access to some areas nearly impossible. In some cases, bridges are built out of debris, and helicopters are being used to reach isolated areas.

Power outages persist, with most of them being in North Carolina. As of Saturday afternoon, nearly 30,000 residences and businesses in the Tar Heel State were still without power.

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