Some 1.4 million customers are still waiting to have their power turned on again in Florida, days after Hurricane Milton made landfall as a major storm.
Still without running water after Helene, schools in Asheville, N.C., can't hold in-person classes. Now the school system has decided to drill its own wells.
Florida, already hit by Hurricane Helene, is struggling to recover from Hurricane Milton. Adrian Florido is a national correspondent for NPR covering race and identity in America.