More than 60 storm-related deaths have been reported in the Upstate and western North Carolina following Tropical Storm Helene. As of Monday morning, at least 20 deaths have been reported in the Upstate with at least 44 in western North Carolina.

Motorcyclist James Walter Parrish was hit and killed Sunday when a vehicle swerved to avoid a downed tree on New Easley Highway

There have been at least nine reported storm-related deaths in South Carolina from Helene. Two firefighters were killed in Saluda County when a tree fell on a firetruck, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster confirmed those deaths during a news conference on Friday afternoon.