In the United States, the death toll from Hurricane Helene has risen to 43 in the southeastern part of the country as heavy flooding affected communities and emergency responders began large-scale rescue operations. Helene is now a tropical storm that made landfall in Florida overnight on Thursday as a Category 4 hurricane. It is the most powerful storm on record to hit Florida’s Big Bend and move north into Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas after making landfall. Emergencies have been issued in the southeast part of the country, including Atlanta. Officials continued daring rescues with boats, helicopters, and large vehicles to help those stranded in floodwaters, including about 50 workers and patients who crowded on the roof of a flooded Tennessee hospital.