The tally comes more two weeks after flash floods and mudslides hit western parts of the state, with at least 95 people dead, officials said.

Most of the deaths from Hurricane Helene occurred far from Florida, where the storm first made landfall. Experts say alerts and evacuation orders need to target inland residents too.

Within two hours of putting out a request on social media, $2,000 in cash had been donated, “and people said, ‘Where can I bring things?’”