Dolly Parton joins Hurricane Helene relief efforts as devastation and death toll rises

Dolly Parton and Walmart are acceptable to denote commitments to Hurricane Helene alleviation efforts.

The state euphony prima and Walmart CEO John Furner volition look unneurotic astatine a property conference.

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The Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and overflows the municipality with debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina aft dense rains from Hurricane Helene. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

Hurricane Helene dumped trillions of gallons of h2o hundreds of miles inland, devastating communities nestled successful mountains acold from the menace of tempest surge oregon oversea level rise.

Due to the deficiency of energy and compartment service, locals are incapable to pass to find retired wherever necessities are. Communication with loved ones and exigency unit is besides spotty, and residents are relying connected impermanent compartment work towers that person been acceptable up successful prime locations. But extracurricular those locations, determination is inactive nary work oregon roaming data.

Cars beryllium submerged successful a flooded country astatine a utilized tyre trader aft Tropical Storm Helene successful Hendersonville, North Carolina, U.S., September 27, 2024.    (Ken Ruinard/USA Today Network via Reuters)

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Chimney Rock was devastated by Hurricane Helene arsenic debris floats successful Lake Lure. (James Broyhill)

At slightest 224 radical person mislaid their lives crossed six states owed to Hurricane Helene, FOX Weather has confirmed. The decease toll is expected to emergence arsenic hunt and rescue continues to comb done caller areas.

Before Helene, national forecasters told residents successful occidental North Carolina flooding from the hurricane could beryllium "one of the astir important upwind events to happen" since 1916. That year, a brace of hurricanes wrong a week killed astatine slightest 80 people, and the assemblage of Altapass received much than 20 inches of rainfall (50.8 centimeters) successful a 24-hour span.

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For her part, Parton has contributed to catastrophe alleviation efforts successful the past. In August, the instrumentalist teamed up with Felix Cavaliere to re-record the fashionable opus "My Hawaii." 

All proceeds from the opus are being talented to the Maui United Way – Maui Fire Disaster Relief Fund. The fiscal assistance from the money goes to survivors of the monolithic occurrence successful Lahaina and Kula successful 2023. The occurrence devastated Maui, sidesplitting 102 people, aft Hawaiian Electric instrumentality was damaged by precocious winds.

Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin and the Associated Press contributed to this report.