At least 107 people have died across six states since Helene, and several people are still unaccounted for. The mammoth Category 4 hurricane made landfall in Florida and tore through the Southeast, leaving millions without power and communications.

Some of the roads and bridges in Tennessee and North Carolina aren’t there anymore. Electricity could be a week away or longer. Emergency services are stretched. The communications infrastructure is in shreds. And neighbors, some of whose own homes are gone, are helping neighbors – all the while worrying about the fate of those from whom they haven’t heard.