President Joe Biden was set to survey the devastation in the mountains of Western North Carolina on Wednesday, where exhausted emergency workers continued to work around-the-clock to clear roads,

With the number of Helene's victims reaching at least 100 on Monday, the powerful storm that swept the Southeast and triggered epic rainfall has become one of the deadliest hurricanes to make landfall on the U.

The death toll has continued to rise since Hurricane Helene - which was later downgraded to a tropical storm - tore across the region. As of Tuesday, 135 people had been confirmed dead across six states, a figure that is expected to grow.