Residents throughout southeast US pick up the pieces after Helene

Tammy Bryan hugs fellow resident Mark Johnson amid the destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Saturday in Horseshoe Beach, Fla.

A group from St. Augustine, Fla. arrived in Horseshoe Beach, Fla.,   to help storm victims.

Elsie Hicks looks at the destruction of the home she has lived in for 25 years in Horseshoe Beach, Fla.

An aerial view of flood damage along the Pigeon River left by Hurricane Helene, Saturday in Newport, Tenn.

Jonah Wark, right, kisses his wife Sara Martin outside their flood-damaged home on the Pigeon River, Saturday in Newport, Tenn.

Ashlie Salliotte, left, hugs Janet Sams, right, at Sams' flood-damaged home along River Road, Saturday in Newport, Tenn.

An aerial view of flood-damaged Unicoi County Hospital, Saturday in Erwin, Tenn.

Eric Hamilton helps a friend tear out drywall damaged by floodwaters in the Shore Acres neighborhood on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Millie, left, and Mya Ellender sort through family photos that were damaged by floodwaters in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Owners and employees of Roy's Restaurant survey the business destroyed by the storm surge in Steinhatchee, Fla.

The Steen family picks rotten trash from the piles of seaweed that the storm surge carried to their home in Hurricane Helene aftermath, Fla.

Boats were pushed ashore by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene in St. Petersburg, Fla.