Firefighters are racing to contain wildfires that have impacted nearly 20,000 acres in North and South Carolina. The fires are fueled in part by the millions of downed trees left by Hurricane Helene,

According to the report, Helene is now recognized as the deadliest hurricane in the contiguous United States since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Southeastern states from Florida to Tennessee are still cleaning up the devastation from Hurricane Helene, six months after the storm made landfall in Florida.