Hurricane Helene destroyed North Carolina's hills, hollows, and mountains

Hurricane Helene brought devastating floods that killed 232 people, half of them in North Carolina .

More than 2,500 families are homeless; many residents struggle for basic supplies.

Hundreds of road and bridge closures are disrupting transportation and delivery of crucial aid.

One question looming over the recovery efforts is whether it will impact voting behavior in Tuesday 's elections.

One-fifth of the state’s 7.3 million registered voters reside in the disaster area.

Some residents told her they hadn’t voted in two decades .

By Friday morning , 3.7 million North Carolinians had voted, surpassing the 2020 early voting total.