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xinhua news agency, new york, october 3 (reporter gao shan) in the past few days, the death toll caused by hurricane helene has continued to rise in many states in the southeastern united states. us media data shows that as of the morning of the 3rd local time, at least 191 people have died and hundreds of people are still missing.

according to cnn, north carolina is the hardest-hit area so far, with 95 people dead. there have been 39 deaths in south carolina and 25 in georgia. additionally, 19 people have died in florida, 11 in tennessee and two in virginia. helena has become the deadliest hurricane in the continental united states since hurricane katrina in 2005.

u.s. president biden visited south carolina and north carolina on the 2nd to inspect the disaster situation and announced his approval to send up to 1,000 u.s. soldiers to north carolina to help with disaster relief and reconstruction.

democratic presidential candidate and vice president harris went to georgia to inspect the disaster situation on the 2nd. republican candidate trump had visited the georgia disaster area two days ago. georgia and north carolina are both key swing states in the november u.s. election.

emergency personnel are stepping up search, rescue and post-disaster recovery efforts in the disaster area. data from the u.s. power tracking website showed that as of the evening of the 2nd, more than 1 million individual and corporate users were still without power.

late at night on september 26, local time, "heleni" landed in florida, usa, and then moved to georgia, south carolina, north carolina, tennessee and other places. seven states entered a state of emergency.