At least 133 people have died and hundreds more are still missing after Hurricane Helene tore through the US state of North Carolina in recent days, bogging-down roads, causing blackouts and leaving people stranded. This is the worst flooding North Carolina has seen in a century, with rainfall estimates in some areas topping more than 61 centimetres. Officials in the hard-hit tourism hub of Asheville said on Tuesday their water system suffered “catastrophic” damage that could take weeks to fully repair. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper called it “an unprecedented storm requiring an “unpreced…