(NEXSTAR) – The death toll from Hurricane Helene continues to climb days after the storm devastated parts of the Southeastern U.S. Flooding, power outages and closed roadways are also still hindering efforts to locate those who may be stranded in some of the hardest-hit areas, which include communities like Asheville, North Carolina, where dozens of deaths were reported as of Monday morning.

“It’s still very much an active search and rescue mission,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said Sunday of emergency efforts in western North Carolina.

A new tropical depression in the eastern Atlantic, meanwhile, could become a “formidable hurricane” later this week, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Sunday. The depression had sustained 35 mph (55kph) winds and was located about........

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