Helene-ravaged areas will feel health effects for years: ‘It’s unprecedented’

Fallout from damaged infrastructure - as well as rampant misinformation - will plague communities

Hurricane Helene unleashed record rainfall in parts of Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Tennessee, becoming one of the deadliest hurricanes in modern times and setting up the affected regions to face years of health challenges.

Some of the effects, like the flooded manufacturing plant that produces 60% of the nation's IV supply, will reverberate throughout the entire country.