President Biden traveled to the Carolinas after Helene's widespread devastation.

Biden arrived in Greenville, South Carolina, on Wednesday afternoon before boarding the Marine One helicopter and flying over parts of Western North Carolina.

As he took an aerial tour of some of the hardest-hit parts of the mountains, the president saw toppled trees, twisted metal, and piles of debris in downtown Asheville.

Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer joined President Biden on his flyover, according to a media release on Wednesday evening.

After the tour, Biden attended a briefing at the State Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh.

During the briefing, Biden thanked the Republican governor of South Carolina and the Democratic governor of North Carolina for putting politics aside during times of crisis.

"In a moment like this, we put politics aside. At least we should put it all aside, and we have here," the president said. "There are no Democrats or Republicans, only Americans, and our job is to help as many people as we can as quickly as we can and as thoroughly as we can."

Biden described the damage he saw when he flew over Asheville earlier in the day.

"You could see homes move clearly from one side of the river, down the river to another side," he said. "I could only imagine what it's like to have been in one of those homes."