Hundreds of water rescues have taken place across Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia since Helene's brutal landfall in Florida's Big Bend area late Thursday. Atlanta totaled more than 11 inches of rain in 48 hours,

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says the damage Hurricane Helene left in Georgia is "unprecedented" and like no storm the state has faced before. More then 500,000 people remain without power.