Georgia’s top elections official said he doesn’t expect damage from Hurricane Helene to cause major disruptions for next month’s general election in the state

Election officials in North Carolina and Georgia, two states hit by Hurricane Helene, say the November presidential election will not be affected by the storm’s damage. Officials say they are working on plans to ensure every ballot is cast and counted by Nov.

Climate change fueled abnormally high temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and worsened Hurricane Helene’s winds and rain causing ‘massive damage,’ scientists found.

In cooler times, a similarly rare storm over the Southeast would have delivered less rain and weaker winds, a team of scientists concluded in an analysis.

A new analysis suggests Helene dumped 10 percent more rain as a result of climate change, but newly developed research techniques suggest the actual increase in rainfall may have been much larger.