North Carolina has been devastated by flooding and mudslides after the remnants of Hurricane Helene tore through the state.At least 42 people have died in North Carolina, per CNN, making it the state with the highest death toll after the storm.

Some 324 people had been evacuated by air in flooded parts of western North Carolina, the National Guard said Monday.

2.Helene was a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region on Thursday. According to the New York Times, its impact extended into Tennessee and caused 600 miles of destruction. 3.One of the areas hit hardest was Asheville, a city in western North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains.