Cleanup efforts continue in South Carolina after Hurricane Helene ripped through the Palmetto State last week. State emergency management officers and governor Henry McMaster gave updates on the status of the state during a press conference.

The damage wrought by Hurricane Helene was especially extensive in Western North Carolina, a region far from the Florida coast where the system made landfall as a Category 4 storm. Social media users both inside and outside the communities affected by Helene are leveraging follower counts and shares to help connect missing family and friends and offer support in any way they can.