Beyond the mountain shops: Hidden struggle in Western North Carolina
The contrast is stark: tourists casually shopping just a few miles from American citizens surviving in tents on their neighbors’ lawns.
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Skip to main contentThe contrast is stark: tourists casually shopping just a few miles from American citizens surviving in tents on their neighbors’ lawns.
Few experiences have shocked me as deeply as my visit to Western North Carolina just days after Hurricane Helene struck because what I was expecting was not what I saw.
The company I work for was destroyed as a result of Hurricane Helene. We are surviving, but things are very tight financially, and we are emotionally overloaded. What should we do to work our way out of this crisis?
An elderly couple, killed in South Carolina when a large tree fell on their home during Hurricane Helene, were found embracing each other in their bed, their grandson said. He is among hundreds of residents across six Southeastern U.S. states mourning the loss of their loved ones. The death toll surpassed 230 late Saturday.
Satellite images have captured the extensive damage in western North Carolina a week after Hurricane Helene brought severe flooding and destruction to the Southeastern U.S. The death toll has now reached 227, with officials warning that this number could rise as recovery operations continue.
A South Carolina pilot who flew to a flood-ravaged region of North Carolina to help stranded Hurricane Helene victims claims he was warned that he'd be arrested if he didn't stop performing rescue missions.
Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region before sweeping through Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia and Tennessee, has left over 60 people dead and millions without power.