Bullet points of As search for Helene's victims drags into second week, sheriff says rescuers 'will not rest'

Bullet points of As search for Helene's victims drags into second week, sheriff says rescuers 'will not rest'
- At least 215 people killed, making it the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland US since Katrina in 2005
- Roughly half the victims were in North Carolina, while dozens more were killed in South Carolina and Georgia
- Search crews are navigating challenging terrain to reach isolated areas and missing people
- Many people are still unaccounted for, with lack of phone service and electricity hindering efforts to contact them
- President Joe Biden flew over the devastation in North and South Carolina on Wednesday