ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — Rescuers in Tennessee said Friday they have recovered the body of the last person still missing after massive flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. It hit a plastics factory there..

Rosa Andrade, 29, was one of six employees who died after they were unable to escape rising waters around Impact Plastics in Erwin, a small town in eastern Tennessee. Surviving workers have stated that they were not allowed to leave until water flooded the plant’s parking lot and the power was cut. Eleven people were swept away and only five were rescued.

Unicoi County Search and Rescue Capt. Andrew Harris said emergency workers discovered Andrade’s body on Wednesday, more than a month after the Sept. 27 flood. the Nolichucky River.

The river, which is normally 2 feet (61 centimeters) deep, rose to a record 30 feet (9.1 meters) that day, carrying more than 1.4 million gallons (5.3 million liters) of water. rushing downstream every second, twice as fast as Niagara Falls.

Relatives of some of those who were murdered have sued Impact Plastics and its owner, Gerald O’Connor. Among them is the family of Johnny Peterson, who managed to climb onto the bed of a semi-truck trying to escape the area and text his family before being dragged away.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating allegations involving Impact Plastics by order of the local prosecutor. The state’s workplace safety office also opened its own investigation into the circumstances behind the deaths.

O’Connor has said that no employees were forced to continue working and that they were evacuated at least 45 minutes before the enormous force of the flood hit the industrial park.

The workers who died were among the more than 200 people killed by Helene in remote towns along the Appalachians. It was the deadliest hurricane to hit the continental United States since Katrina in 2005. The storm also left millions of people without power, cell service cut and drinking water systems destroyed.

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