Helene: In frigid temperatures, thousands remain without power

(The Center Square) – More than 12,000 customers remained without power on a Tuesday morning with temperatures barely above freezing in the North Carolina mountains on the third week since Hurricane Helene’s remnants crushed the region.

The nation’s fourth deadliest storm in the last three-quarters of a century killed 42 in Buncombe County, where overnight temperatures at Asheville Regional Airport dipped to the mid-30s. The state health department on Monday said 95 have died related to the storm.