Helene continues to unleash its fury across the Southeast after leaving 49 people dead in multiple states, leveling entire communities and stranding many in flood waters after the historic storm made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday night as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane with roaring 140 mph winds.

Helene blew ashore in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane Thursday and then quickly moved through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee.

South Carolina was the worst-affected state, with 1,089,535 outages recorded as of early Saturday, according to PowerOutage.us, a service that tracks disruptions. In South Carolina's Greenville County alone, 258,688 outages were recorded.

At least 54 people are trapped on the roof of a hospital in Tennessee on Friday after floodwaters due to Hurricane Helene quickly surrounded the medical center.

More than 50 people are stranded on the roof of a Tennessee hospital on Friday after rising floodwaters from Hurricane Helene complicated evacuation efforts.