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Vice President Kamala Harris in NC on Saturday to see Hurricane Helene Damage

(WRAL Staff) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to North Carolina to survey the impacts of Hurricane Helene on Saturday, her office announced.

While in town, Harris will also be briefed on continued recovery efforts that are occurring in communities across the state and provide updates on federal actions that are being taken to support emergency response and recovery efforts in North Carolina and other states throughout the southeast.

It has not been announced what cities Harris will visit while in our state.

Hurricane Helene is now blamed for the deaths of 200 people across the south, and North Carolina has experienced a significant number of power outages, with nearly 245,000 outages reported Friday morning.

As of Thursday, North Carolina data shows at least 105 of those deaths were in North Carolina, including 72 people killed in Buncombe County alone. The ages range from 4 to 89.