Hurricane Helene was the deadliest tropical cyclone in the continental U.S. in 19 years and ranks among the nation's costliest weather disasters, just two findings of a just-released final report from the National Hurricane Center.

Nearly six months after Hurricane Helene brought historic rainfall, winds, and damage to much of the Southeast, the National Hurricane Center completed its final report on the storm.For the full report,

Helene becomes the seventh-costliest storm on record, the hurricane center reported, behind Katrina, Harvey, Ian, Maria, Sandy and Ida. It's the fourth-deadliest storm to make landfall in the mainland U.