FILE - Arnie Bellini surveys the damages caused from Hurricane Helene on a street in Clearwater Beach, Fla., Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

FILE - Len Frisbee dumps a wheelbarrow of dirt as he helps with clean up in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Oct. 1, 2024, in Hot Springs, N.C. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

FILE - The St. Pete Pier is visible near high waves as Hurricane Helene makes its way toward the Florida panhandle Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)

FILE - Teresa Elder walks through a flooded Sandy Cove Drive from Hurricane Helene, Sept. 27, 2024, in Morganton, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, File)

FILE - Resident Anne Schneider, right, hugs her friend Eddy Sampson as they survey damage left in the wake of Hurricane Helene, Oct. 1, 2024, in Marshall, N.C. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

FILE - An American flag sits in floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the Shore Acres neighborhood Sept. 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)

FILE - Debris is strewn on the lake in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Oct. 2, 2024, in Lake Lure, N.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

FILE - A fireman walks through mud as they search for victims of flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Oct. 1, 2024, in Swannanoa, N.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)