Some 324 people had been evacuated by air in flooded parts of western North Carolina, the National Guard said Monday.

Days after Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeast and killed more than 100 people in six states, the search for survivors continued Monday as dozens of people across multiple states remained missing.

President Biden said he will visit North Carolina on Wednesday to view the damage caused when Hurricane Helene swept through the western part of the state. The president confirmed the visit on

FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell said the flooding in western North Carolina was "historic" and teams are conducting search and rescue operations.

North Carolina was a "post-apocalyptic" landscape on Monday in the wake of Helene, with hundreds of people still cut off from communications and unaccounted for amid flooded roads and a lack of basic services.

Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina over the weekend, leaving behind a trail of death and devastation.

Authorities rushed to airlift supplies and restore communications and roads in flooded Asheville, North Carolina, on Sunday as residents along the storm-battered Florida coast gathered for church services amid the wreckage of Hurricane Helene.