Metro Transit Police say that the crash happened near Central Avenue and 27th Avenue NE in Minneapolis. Two people, who were believed to be inside the bus shelter at the time of the crash, received serious injuries. They are expected to survive. The driver of the car was taken into custody.

"We took in 147 from the Carolinas after the hurricane and had over 100 cats prior to that," the shelter manager told Newsweek.

Buncombe County, which includes Asheville, miscounted the deaths during a period when communications were severely hampered by the storm, the sheriff’s office said.

A North Carolina family reunited with their cat, Blanco, eight days after Hurricane Helene caused severe flooding in the area. The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell (MSPCA-Angell) shared the story about this “resilient little cat.