PERRY, Fla. (AP) — North Carolina officials pledged to get more water and other supplies to flood-stricken areas by Monday after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. Southeast and the death toll from the storm rose to nearly 100.

As of Sunday morning, at least 64 people were killed after massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded.

Climate change is making hurricanes like Hurricane Helene more intense, scientific research shows. Helene has unleashed high winds, heavy rain and a dangerous storm surge in the Southeast after making landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane Thursday night.

Appalachian State University student Laci Hentschel joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss how her community is trying to recover from the historic flooding as hundreds of thousands remain without power.

Deadly Hurricane Helene left huge areas of Southeastern states devastated with communities cut off and scores of people unaccounted for. NBC News' Jay Gray reports from Boone, North Carolina, where the catastrophe has left residents stunned.

The highest death toll was in North Carolina, where flooding wiped out whole communities. Residents there and across vast areas of the Southeast were without water, power, phone and internet communication.