A week away from the six-month anniversary of Hurricane Helene, the National Hurricane Center has released its report on the horrific storm, finding it claimed the lives of 248 people and caused $78.7 billion in damage.

The release of as many as 80,000 pages of classified files comes after decades of smaller releases of redacted files. Kristine and Michael Barnett adopted Natalia Grace and later successfully petitioned a court to legally re-age her,

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.