Helene is forecast to move toward the Tennessee River Valley during Saturday and Sunday local time, according to the US National Hurricane Center NHC.
According to information from the AP news agency, at least 64 people have died as a result of storm Helene in the United States.
An estimated three million people were still without power in ten different states Saturday night local time.
Helene made landfall on the Florida coast on Thursday as a category four hurricane. On Friday, Helene weakened to a tropical storm and during Saturday it further weakened to a hurricane.
Floods caused by heavy rains have led to extensive rescue operations, as roads and homes have been submerged and destroyed.
New evacuation orders were issued overnight Saturday as flooding threatened to break levees in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Helene is forecast to move toward the Tennessee River Valley during Saturday and Sunday local time, according to the US National Hurricane Center NHC.
President of the United States Joe Biden said on Saturday that the scale of the destruction caused by Helene has been overwhelming. He also vowed to send emergency aid to states affected by the storm.
Chief meteorologist at weather service AccuWeather Jonathan Porter estimates that Hurricane Helene has caused damages of around 95-110 billion dollars. According to Porter, this would mean that Helene would be one of the costliest storms in recent US history in terms of damage.