Julie Cioffoletti looks at her flooded gazebo and steps to her dock in her backyard after Hurricane Helene passed the area on Lake James, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Morganton, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
In this photo provided by the City of Rocky Mount, cars are piled along the side of Hing Ta Restaurant after a tornado hit Rocky Mount, N.C., on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (City of Rocky Mount via AP)
A downed tree is seen on Tuckaseegee Rd after Hurricane Helen passed the area Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Charlotte, N.C. (Diamond Vances/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
A gazebo and the stairs that lead to it are flooded and under water after Hurricane Helene passed the area on Lake James, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Morganton, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
Bette Boutique employees prepare their store for Hurricane Helene in Historic Biltmore Village in Asheville, N.C. on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Josh Bell/The Asheville Citizen-Times via AP)
Torrential rain from Hurricane Helene has caused lake levels to rise on Lake James, resulting in flooded docks and gazebos, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Morganton, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
Debris litters Hendersonville Road in Historic Biltmore Village in Asheville, N.C. on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Josh Bell/The Asheville Citizen-Times via AP)
The banks of the Swannanoa river overflow an effect of Hurricane Helene, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)
A Biltmore Village employee walks the historic village in Asheville, N.C. on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Josh Bell/The Asheville Citizen-Times via AP)
Emergency personnel watch as floodwaters rise, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)
A downed tree blocks Eastway Drive in Charlotte, N.C., as Hurricane Helene moved across the area Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Diamond Vances/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
Downed tree blocks Mt. Holly Rd, after Hurricane Helen passed the area Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Charlotte, N.C. (Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
Arrowood Mobile Home Park in Steele Creek is flooded after Hurricane Helen passed the area Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Charlotte, N.C. (Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
McKinley Moore inspects the damage on his home after a tree fell over his bedroom after Hurricane Helen passed the area Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Charlotte, N.C. (Khadejeh Nikouyeh/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
A beach on Lake James is flooded from torrential rain as a result of Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Morganton, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
In this photo provided by the City of Rocky Mount, debris and smashed vehicles are scattered across a parking lot near Hing Ta Restaurant after a tornado hit Rocky Mount, N.C., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (City of Rocky Mount via AP)