PERRY, Fla. (AP) — North Carolina officials pledged to get more water and other supplies to flood-stricken areas by Monday after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. Southeast and the death toll from the storm rose to nearly 100.

As of Sunday morning, at least 64 people were killed after massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded.

Climate change is making hurricanes like Hurricane Helene more intense, scientific research shows. Helene has unleashed high winds, heavy rain and a dangerous storm surge in the Southeast after making landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane Thursday night.

Appalachian State University student Laci Hentschel joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss how her community is trying to recover from the historic flooding as hundreds of thousands remain without power.

Deadly Hurricane Helene left huge areas of Southeastern states devastated with communities cut off and scores of people unaccounted for. NBC News' Jay Gray reports from Boone, North Carolina, where the catastrophe has left residents stunned.

After making landfall in Florida on Thursday, Hurricane Helene continued north, bringing catastrophic flooding to western North Carolina and parts of South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Asheville, N.C., saw approximately two feet of rain between Thursday and Saturday morning.

After making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane and tearing through the Gulf Coast of Florida and parts of Georgia last week, Helene left large parts of North Carolina in a state of paralysis over the weekend,

Millions across the southeastern United States are reeling after Hurricane Helene roared ashore overnight. Now a tropical storm, Helene made landfall late Thursday on Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 4 hurricane – the strongest on record to strike the area.