We stand by to do more as we have resources that are not being used for our recovery efforts here in the state of Florida,”the governor said about sending help to North Carolina.

More than 110,000 customers in Florida were still without electricity on Monday afternoon while thousands in the Carolinas were desperate for food, water and shelter.

The National Hurricane Center said the system in the Caribbean could become a tropical depression later this week.

Parts of the U.S. Southeast are strggling to recover from the damage inflicted by powerful Hurricane Helene Massive rains brought by Hurricane Helene have left many people stranded or homeless as the cleanup begins from the monster tempest that killed at least 64 people.

Floridians are still reeling from Helene, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane Thursday night, the strongest hurricane on record to hit the Big Bend area. Now, they should keep their eye on another tropical development in the western Caribbean Sea that is following a similar path to Hurricane Helene.