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The video shows mules transporting resources to Helene victims

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The video shows mules transporting resources to Helene victims

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As officials deploy helicopters and flood emergency vehicles to help North Carolina communities devastated by Hurricane Helene, mules are being used to reach otherwise inaccessible areas.

Volunteers on mules transport essential supplies such as food, water and insulin to Helene victims in the mountainous areas of western North Carolina. Due to the extensive damage, all roads in western North Carolina were closed to all non-emergency travel by NC Emergency Management.

Mules were transporting food and supplies to the town of Black Mountain in Buncombe County on Tuesday, Mountain Mule Packers wrote on Facebook. The organization said volunteers were heading to Swannanoa, where homes had been leveled and roads were impassable.

“They have had many roles throughout their careers, from transporting camping gear and fresh hunting gear, to pulling wagons and farm equipment, to training the best of the very best in our military special forces, carrying weapons, medical supplies and even wounded soldiers.” “wrote the Mountain Mule Packers.

Basic items donated include brooms, shovels, batteries, water filters, diapers, feminine hygiene products, toothbrushes, blankets and clothing, according to Mountain Mule Packers.

The death toll in Helene is expected to rise to 162

Helene and its remains have killed at least 162 people in several southeastern states since making landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast on Thursday evening.

Historic torrential rains and unprecedented flooding resulted in storm-related fatalities in the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia. Officials expect the death toll to rise, while hundreds remain missing across the region due to extensive searches and communications blackouts.

A new study published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed British journal Nature suggests that hurricanes and tropical storms like Helene may indirectly cause far more deaths over time than initial figures suggest.

According to the magazine, an average tropical cyclone in the United States indirectly causes 7,000 to 11,000 additional deaths due to factors such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, suicide and sudden infant death syndrome.

Contributor: Doyle Rice, Christopher Cann and Phaedra Trethan

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