At its peak, the monster storm cut off electricity for 6 million customers. As of this morning, 1.6 million are still without power.

More than 8,000 people in Licking County are among more than 120,000 across Ohio without power Friday afternoon as the remnants of tropical storm Helene brought strong winds and rain into the state. The heaviest outages are in southern and southwestern Ohio where Helene's remnants struck first as they pushed northward from the South.

Many people in Lexington are still facing power outages, despite the rain stopping. Without refrigeration, perishable food items spoil quickly.

Scioto and Ross counties experienced flooding from Hurricane Helene. More than 100,000 people were left without power, but most outages have been restored.

Hurricane Helene killed at least 50 people and left more than 4.8 million people without power in the Southeastern U.S. on Friday.

Many residents of the Carolinas still lack running water, cellphone service and electricity as rescuers continue their search for anyone still unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene's remnants caused

Millions of people in the Southeast lost power as Hurricane Helene tore through communities from Tallahassee, Florida to Damascus, Virginia, and everywhere in between. Many remain in the dark days later.

Hurricane Helene has laid waste to the southeastern United States. Its sheer wind force and deadly floods left behind a path of destruction stretching over 500 miles from Florida to the Southern Appalachians.

In this oped, politics editor Lex McMenamin describes reporting from the Vice Presidential Debate in the wake of Hurricane Helene, while war in the Middle East spreads.