BERLIN (AP) — Honors even after Bayern Munich dominated defending champion Bayer Leverkusen in a 1-1 draw in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
The Bavarian powerhouse’s inability to find a winning goal ended its six-game winning start to the season across all competitions.
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BERLIN (AP) — Honors even after Bayern Munich dominated defending champion Bayer Leverkusen in a 1-1 draw in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Mönchengladbach's Tomas Cvancara, left, celebrates after scoring the opening goal with Rocco Reitz during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Union Berlin at Borussia-Park stadium, in Mönchengladbach, Germany, Sept. 28, 2024. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)
Stuttgart's Deniz Undav celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and VfB Stuttgart at the Volkswagen Arena, in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sept. 28, 2024. (Swen Pförtner/dpa via AP)
St. Pauli's Elias Saad, not in the picture, scores the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and FC St. Pauliat the Europa-Park stadium, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Sept. 28, 2024. (Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa via AP)
St. Pauli's players celebrate after Elias Saad scored the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and FC St. Pauliat the Europa-Park stadium, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Sept. 28, 2024. (Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa via AP)
Bayern's Aleksandar Pavlovic celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's first goal during the Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Supporters cheer during the Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bayern's Serge Gnabry attempts a score during the Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Leverkusen's goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky looks at the ball hitting the post during the Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Leverkusen's Victor Boniface, left, and Bayern's Dayot Upamecano vie for the ball during the Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Munich's Harry Kane passes the ball past Leverkusen's Edmond Tapsoba during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (Lukas Barth-Tuttas/dpa via AP)
But Vincent Kompany’s team will take more from the draw than counterpart Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen, which has lost its aura of superiority since completing last season unbeaten to end Bayern’s 11-year reign as champion.
“It was only a draw, but the manner of it was very impressive,” Bayern director of sport Max Eberl said.
Leverkusen won their last meeting 3-0 in February, while the sides drew 2-2 in Alonso’s first visit to Munich as Leverkusen coach.
“The goal was to stay compact and allow little,” Leverkusen midfielder Granit Xhaka said, referring to Bayern's big-scoring wins to start the season. “You can do more with the ball and everyone knows that we can do more.”
Bayern dominated the opening half-hour, but Robert Andrich scored. The combative Leverkusen midfielder volleyed Xhaka’s cut back from a corner to send the ball inside the left post.
It was the first time Bayern fell behind in a game since Kompany took over as coach.
Andrich was booked the next minute for a tackle on Harry Kane, who would go on to finish the game with no shots at goal – an anomaly.
Aleksandar Pavlović deservedly equalized in the 39th with a brilliant strike from outside the penalty area.
Also in the first half, Bayern supporters in the south end of the stadium held banners criticizing their club for the players’ grey jerseys instead of the usual red and white. They accused club management of simulating local pride.
After the break, Serge Gnabry hit the post, then the crossbar in the closest Bayern went to scoring again.
Elias Saad scored twice and set up another goal as Hamburg-based cult club St. Pauli claimed its first Bundesliga win for 13 years by 3-0 in Freiburg on Saturday.
Saad opened the scoring early, set up the next goal, then sealed the win when he surged past four Freiburg players on a counterattack in the 73rd minute, shortly after the home side had a goal ruled out through VAR for offside.
St. Pauli secured promotion as the second-division champion last season, returning to the top division for the first time since its relegation in 2011. It’s still known for its supporters’ left-wing stance and the pirate skull-and-crossbones emblem that was popularized by fans who identified as punks.
Germany forward Deniz Undav scored deep in stoppage time to salvage a 2-2 draw for 10-man Stuttgart at Wolfsburg.
Tomas Cvancara scored just as late to give Borussia Mönchengladbach a 1-0 win over Union Berlin, dealing the visitor its first defeat of the season.
Heidenheim enjoyed a 2-0 win in Mainz, where both teams finished with 10 men, and Leipzig coasted to a 4-0 win over visiting Augsburg.
Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko, centre, challenges for the ball with Augsburg's Yusuf Kabadayi, left, and Chrislain Matsima during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and FC Augsburg at the Red Bull Arena, in Leipzig, Germany, Sept. 28, 2024. (Jan Woitas/dpa via AP)
Mönchengladbach's Tomas Cvancara, left, celebrates after scoring the opening goal with Rocco Reitz during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Union Berlin at Borussia-Park stadium, in Mönchengladbach, Germany, Sept. 28, 2024. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)
Stuttgart's Deniz Undav celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and VfB Stuttgart at the Volkswagen Arena, in Wolfsburg, Germany, Sept. 28, 2024. (Swen Pförtner/dpa via AP)
St. Pauli's Elias Saad, not in the picture, scores the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and FC St. Pauliat the Europa-Park stadium, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Sept. 28, 2024. (Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa via AP)
St. Pauli's players celebrate after Elias Saad scored the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and FC St. Pauliat the Europa-Park stadium, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Sept. 28, 2024. (Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa via AP)
Bayern's Aleksandar Pavlovic celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's first goal during the Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Supporters cheer during the Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bayern's Serge Gnabry attempts a score during the Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Leverkusen's goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky looks at the ball hitting the post during the Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Leverkusen's Victor Boniface, left, and Bayern's Dayot Upamecano vie for the ball during the Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Munich's Harry Kane passes the ball past Leverkusen's Edmond Tapsoba during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (Lukas Barth-Tuttas/dpa via AP)
PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday — as the cleanup began from the tempest that killed at least 52 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power.
Helene blew ashore in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday packing winds of 140 mph (225 kph) and then quickly moved through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee, uprooting trees, splintering homes and sending creeks and rivers over their banks, churning up tornadoes and straining dams.
“It looks like a bomb went off,” said Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp after surveying the damage from the air.
Western North Carolina was essentially cut off because of landslides and flooding that forced the closure of Interstate 40 and other roads.
There have been hundreds of water rescues, none more dramatic than in rural Unicoi County in East Tennessee, where dozens of patients and staff were plucked by helicopter from a hospital rooftop Friday. And the rescues continued into Saturday in Buncombe County, North Carolina, where part of Asheville is under water.
“To say this caught us off-guard would be an understatement,” said Quentin Miller, the county sheriff.
While there have been deaths in the county, Emergency Services Director Van Taylor Jones said Saturday that he wasn’t ready to report specifics, partially because communication outages hindered efforts to contact next of kin. Multiple cell towers are down in the area.
Among the desperate family members waiting for news was Francine Cavanaugh, whose sister told her she was going to check on guests at a vacation cabin as the storm began hitting Asheville. Cavanaugh, who lives in Atlanta, said she hasn't been able to reach her since then.
“I think that people are just completely stuck, wherever they are, with no cell service, no electricity," she said.
The storm, now a post-tropical cyclone, was expected to hover over the Tennessee Valley on Saturday and Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said. It's creating flooding that hasn't been this bad in a century in North Carolina. And in Atlanta, where only car roofs peeked above flood waters in some neighborhoods, 11.12 inches (28.24 centimeters) of rain fell over 48 hours. That’s the most the city has seen over two days since record keeping began in 1878.
President Joe Biden on Saturday called the devastation caused by Helene “overwhelming” and said his administration was committed to helping the huge swath of the Southeast impacted by the storm to recover.
Helene is the deadliest tropical storm in South Carolina since Hurricane Hugo killed 35 people when it came ashore just north of Charleston in 1989. Deaths also have been reported in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
Moody’s Analytics said it expects $15 billion to $26 billion in property damage. AccuWeather’s preliminary estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Helene in the U.S. is between $95 billion and $110 billion.
Climate change has exacerbated conditions that allow such storms to thrive, rapidly intensifying in warming waters and turning into powerful cyclones sometimes in a matter of hours.
Evacuations began before the storm hit and continued as lakes overtopped dams, including one in North Carolina that was featured in the movie “Dirty Dancing.”
Elin Fisher and her husband, who teach whitewater standup paddleboarding on the Nolichucky River in Tennessee, had to move their camper three times to stay ahead of rising waters. They were also helping to move eight other campers.
Among the 11 confirmed deaths in Florida were nine people who drowned in their homes in a mandatory evacuation area in Pinellas County, where St. Petersburg is located, along Florida’s Gulf Coast, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said.
However, none of the victims were from Taylor County, which is where the storm made landfall. It came ashore near the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) northwest of where Hurricane Idalia hit last year at nearly the same ferocity.
“If you had told me there was going to be 15 feet to 18 feet (4.57 meters to 5.49 meters) of storm surge, even with the best efforts, I would have assumed we would have had multiple fatalities," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a news conference Saturday.
Taylor County is in Florida’s Big Bend, a part of the state where salt marshes and pine flatwoods stretch into the horizon, and where the condo developments and strip malls that have carved up so much of the state’s coastlines are largely absent.
The county went years without taking a direct hit from a hurricane. But after Idalia and two other storms in a little over a year, the area is beginning to feel like a hurricane superhighway.
“It’s bringing everybody to reality about what this is now with disasters,” said John Berg, 76, a resident of Steinhatchee, a small fishing town and weekend getaway.
As Betsy Hamelink worked in the region's Horseshoe Beach, she explained that cleaning up is part of living on the coast of Florida.
“It’s heartbreaking and it’s physically and mentally exhausting but it’s the price you pay to have a little teeny tiny piece of a paradise,” Hamelink said.
About 60 miles (96.56 kilometers) to the north, power is out for nearly everyone in Perry, Florida, and cars started lining up before the sun rose on Saturday at a free food distribution site. Sierra Land said although her home dodged major damage, with no electricity, she’s lost everything in her fridge.
“We’re making it one day at a time,” Land said as she arrived at the Convoy of Hope distribution site with her 5- and 10-year-old sons and her grandmother.
Thousands of utility crew workers descended upon Florida in advance of the hurricane, and by Saturday had restored power to more than 1.9 million homes and businesses. But hundreds of thousands remain without power there and in Georgia.
With freezers thawing, officials in the Augusta suburb of Grovetown tried to make the best of it with a cookout for workers and residents.
Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Director Chris Stallings said crews are focused on opening routes to hospitals and making sure supplies can be delivered to damaged communities.
Helene was the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted an above-average season this year because of record-warm ocean temperatures.
Payne reported from Tallahassee, Florida, and Hollingsworth reported from Kansas City, Missouri. Associated Press journalists Seth Borenstein in New York; Travis Loller in Nashville; Jeff Amy in Atlanta; Susan Haigh in Hartford, Connecticut; and Freida Frisaro in Fort Lauderdale contributed.
A flood damaged building left by tropical depression Helene is seen in Newport, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Flood debris along the Pigeon river left by tropical depression Helene is seen in Newport, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A flood damaged building and debris left by tropical depression Helene is seen in Newport, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Flood debris left by tropical depression Helene is seen in Newport, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A police car blocks a bridge crossing the Pigeon River in Newport, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Tropical depression Helene brought flooding to the area on Friday. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Dooley Land, 10, waits in a food distribution line with his family in Perry, Fla., in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Saturday Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)
Residents continue to clean our from flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in the Davis Island community on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Cleanup from flooding by Hurricane Helene continues on Bayshore Boulevard on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
The remains of a home on Davis Island that burned during Hurricane Helene on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Joe Daum looks at the remains of a friend's home that burned during Hurricane Helene on Davis Island Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
The remains of a home on Davis Island that burned during Hurricane Helene on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Fox Weather reporter Michael Estime broadcasts from in front of a home on Davis Island that burned during Hurricane Helene on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Contents of homes are piled on the side of the road after flooding from Hurricane Helene on Davis Island Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Ellie Moss, right, along with family and friends cleans contents of her home after flooding from Hurricane Helene on Davis Island Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Ellie Moss, along with family and friends cleans contents of her home after flooding from Hurricane Helene on Davis Island Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Contents of homes are piled on the side of the road after flooding from Hurricane Helene on Davis Island Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Contents of a home is removed after flooding from Hurricane Helene on Davis Island Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
A home site destroyed by flood water is seen Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Newport, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
People walk along River St. near the Pigeon River where flood damage is seen Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Newport, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Volunteers from convoyofhope.org wait for fellow volunteers before they open a food distribution operation in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Perry, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Chris Jordan, maintenance manager for Horseshoe Beach, hoists an American flag over the ruins of the city hall, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A person crosses River St. where flood damage is seen Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Newport, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
People walk along River St. flood damage is seen Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Newport, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Jonah Wark, right, kisses his wife Sara Martin outside their flood damaged home on the Pigeon River, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Newport, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Dustin Bentley, center kisses his wife Jennifer Bentley, left, after retrieving family photos from their flood damaged home as his mother Janet Sams looks on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Newport, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Chris Jordan, maintenance manager for Horseshoe Beach, hoists an American flag over the ruins of the city hall, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Flood damage is seen inside a home along River Rd., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Newport, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Ashlie Salliotte, left, hugs Janet Sams, right, at Sams' flood damaged home along River Rd, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Newport, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
The ruins of city hall are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Tammy Bryan hugs fellow resident Mark Johnson amid the destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Tammy Bryan hugs fellow resident Mark Johnson amid the destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Frankie Johnson, left, talks with fellow resident Charlene Huggins, whose home was destroyed, amid the destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Elsie Hicks looks at the destruction of the home she has loved in for 25 years, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Tammy Bryan, left, hugs fellow resident Jennifer Lange amid the destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Tammy Bryan, left, hugs fellow resident Jennifer Lange amid the destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Frankie Johnson, left, and her husband, Mark Johnson, talk with fellow resident Charlene Huggins, right, amid the destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Charlene Huggins, and her daughter-in-law, Katelyn Huggins, right, walk past the destruction on their street in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Jennifer Lange, center, walks amid the destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Residents walk amidst the destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Charlene Huggins, and her daughter-in-law, Katelyn Huggins, right, walk past the destruction on their street in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
John Taylor puts up an American flag on his destroyed property in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
John Taylor puts up an American flag on his destroyed property in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Volunteers Chelsea Marchant and her daughter Remi, along with Brennan Cordery, center, and Lynnlee Stratton, all of Dixie County, carry donations in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
An American flag flies over the destroyed city hall in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith)
Destruction is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith)
Destruction is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith)
Dennis Johnson cleans out debris from his mother-in-law's heavily damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Dennis Johnson cleans out debris from his mother-in-law's heavily damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
People move debris from a damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith)
Elsie Hicks looks at the destruction of the home she has loved in for 25 years, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Vehicles move slowly around trees that have fallen after of Hurricane Helene moved through the area, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Vehicles move slowly around trees that have fallen after Hurricane Helene, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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)
Hailey Morgan, right, surveys the damage to their flooded home after returning with her children, Aria Skye Hall, 7, left, and Kyle Ross, 7, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Crystal River, Fla. Morgan stayed with her grandmother and her children in Hernando, Fla., as the storm made landfall. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Destruction to the Faraway Inn Cottages and Motel is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A caravan of Army vehicles make their way through a street flooded by the passing of Hurricane John, in Acapulco, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernardino Hernandez)
An airboat transports residents rescued from floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Crystal River, Fla. (Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Leslie Sturmer, a University of Florida employee, and John Rittenhouse, general manager of the Cedar Key Water and Sewer District, both residents, talk in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Foundations and steps to buildings that were destroyed by the storm surge from Hurricane Helene are seen along the shoreline in the aftermath of the storm, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith)
A damaged 100-year-old home is seen after an Oak tree landed on it after Hurricane Helene moved through the area, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Thomas Chaves, left, and Vinny Almeida walk through floodwaters from Hurricane Helene in an attempt to reach Chaves's mother's house in the Shore Acres neighborhood Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
This photo provided by Venice Police Department rescue crews assist residents after conducting door-to-door wellness checks, in coastal areas that were flooded by Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Venice, Fla . (Venice Police Department via AP)
Residents work together to push a vehicle stuck on a street flooded by the passing of Hurricane John, in Acapulco, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernardino Hernandez)
Capt. BJ Johnston, a law enforcement officer from the Florida Fish Wildlife and Conservation Commission surveys destruction from a high water buggy in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A dog wades through floodwaters near collapsed homes in Dekle Beach on the coast of rural Taylor County, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)
This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration taken at 6:11pm ET shows Hurricane Helene, which weakened into a post-tropical cyclone, over the United States on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (NOAA via AP)
A Citrus County Firefigher carries 11-year- old, Michael Cribbins, while conducting rescues from floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Crystal River, Fla. (Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
MJ Hodges, left, and her mother Jill Rice look at the damage caused to their store from the floodwaters of Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Gulfport, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
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, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Crystal River, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
This photo provided by U.S. Coast Guard District Seven (USCGSoutheast) shows a man and his dog being rescued after his sailboat became disabled during Hurricane Helene approximately 25 miles off Sanibel Island, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard District Seven via AP)
Dustin Holmes, second from right, holds hands with his girlfriend, Hailey Morgan, while returning to their flooded home with her children Aria Skye Hall, 7, right, and Kyle Ross, 4, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Crystal River, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Destruction to the Faraway Inn Cottages and Motel is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith)
Jill Rice looks over the damage to her store caused by flooding from Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Gulfport, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
