FILE - A stop sign is barely visible in floodwaters of a parking lot after torrential rain from Hurricane Helene, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Morganton, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, File)
FILE - Men walk down a street flooded by Hurricane Helene in the Shore Acres neighborhood Sept. 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)
FILE - Teresa Elder walks through a flooded Sandy Cove Drive from Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27, 2024, in Morganton, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, File)
FILE - Halle Brooks kayaks down a street flooded by Hurricane Helene in the Shore Acres neighborhood Sept. 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)
FILE - Jonah Wark, right, kisses his wife Sara Martin outside their flood-damaged home on the Pigeon River in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Sept. 28, 2024, in Newport, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
FILE - Dustin Holmes, rear, his girlfriend Hailey Morgan, and her children Aria Skye Hall, 7, left, and Kyle Ross, 4, right, arrive to their flooded home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Sept. 27, 2024, in Crystal River, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)