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Helene Update: North Carolina Faces 'Most Significant' Natural Disaster

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At least 52 people have been killed from the storm and the destruction Helene brought with it.

The storm made landfall in Florida 's Big Bend region on Thursday as a powerful Category 4 hurricane with catastrophic 140 mile per hour winds and torrential rain.

In North Carolina , heavy rains caused severe flooding and mudslides in the western part of the state, among other destruction.