Around 1,500 emergency workers are currently involved in search and rescue efforts.
Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management said “As those sorts of rescue missions happen today, and continue, please do not go out and visit the impacted areas. I beg of you, do not get in their way.”
Crews will continue to help people amid flooding and widespread power outages, DeSantis added.
With 4.3 million customers without power, Helene has created as many power outages as the 2021 freeze in Texas. In 2017, 7.6 million users lost power when Hurricane Irma hit.
