Counting the deadliest hurricanes can be tricky business. Helene's death toll ranks among the deadliest storms, according to this count.

When Tropical Storm Helene hammered through the Southeast, the Carolinas suffered significant damage, from the overflowing of rivers to downed power lines and uprooted trees. There were also many lives lost to the storm and counting.

Hurricanes in the United States end up hundreds of times deadlier than the government calculates, contributing to more American deaths than car accidents or all the nation's wars, a new study said. “Watching what's happened here makes you think that this is going to be a decade of hardship on tap,