In 1916, a catastrophic flood killed at least 80 people and wiped out roads and railways in Asheville. How did tropical storm Helene compare?

The near-record-breaking size, storm surge, winds and rainfall of Hurricane Helene turned it into an almost unimaginable disaster that stretched more than 500 miles inland from the Florida coast.

Tens of thousands of children across the Southeast remain out of their classrooms one week after Helene, the deadliest hurricane to strike the mainland United States since Katrina. They are cut off from academics,