More than 160 people dead after onslaught of Hurricane Helene

President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris are due to visit badly-hit states on Wednesday.

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Hundreds of others remain missing after Helene battered south-eastern states, causing floods, wrecking communities, and cutting power.

Search-and-rescue efforts continue, and aid deliveries have been made by airdrops and mules. The US government has said the clear-up effort could take years.

President Joe Biden is due to visit badly-affected North Carolina on Wednesday, while Vice-President Kamala Harris goes to neighbouring Georgia.

Both happen to be key swing states in November's presidential election - and the storm has already become political after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took his own trip to Georgia earlier in the week.

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