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Polk Update: Information about documenting damage, area supply distributions
Officials with the City of Tryon and Polk County released the following update to residents on Wednesday, Oct. 2: Damage Repair and Information As we move forward, we understand everyone is eager to begin repairs and restore a sense of normalcy. To help us assist you effectively, please take photos and carefully document all damages […] The post Polk Update: Information about documenting damage, area supply distributions appeared first on The Tryon Daily Bulletin.
Atrium Health's MED-1 mobile hospital sent to western NC to help storm survivors
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atrium Health deployed its MED-1 mobile hospital to western North Carolina on Tuesday to assist survivors of Hurricane Helene. Activated by North Carolina officials, MED-1 will serve as a receiving hospital that can triage and treat patients who were injured during the storm. If necessary, the mobile hospital can transport patients to another hospital if more critical care is needed. In addition to MED-1, Atrium Health's helicopters have made dozens of trips to western North Carolina to transport patients and deliver supplies.
Polk County Update: Emergency responders beginning to reach areas previously impassable in hardest-hit regions
Polk County officials report that emergency responders are beginning to access previously impassable areas. Teams are working tirelessly to reach residents in the hardest-hit regions, particularly in the western part of the county, where communication has been scarce. The post Polk County Update: Emergency responders beginning to reach areas previously impassable in hardest-hit regions appeared first on The Tryon Daily Bulletin.
Buncombe County family rescued from roof after Helene floods their home in Swannanoa
A Buncombe County family narrowly escaped their flooded home during Hurricane Helene. Rescuers had to pull them off their roof to safety after they were stranded for hours. The only way out for the family of four was through a window in their laundry room, which led them to the roof of their home in Swannanoa, a hard-hit area east of Asheville.
State lawmaker says emergency appropriations bill for storm relief is in the works
Rep. Lindsey Prather may be new to the legislature, but she has called Buncombe County home for over 16 years. That’s why the devastation Hurricane Helene wrought in the mountains hurts so much — it’s personal. Prather, a Buncombe County Democrat, has spent the days following the storm like many of her neighbors: no electricity, […]
As Helene devastated a Hendersonville community, neighbors banded together to provide aid
HENDERSONVILLE – Last Friday, Sept. 27, Joey McNeely dangled his 9-month-old daughter, Lilah, from the second-story window of his Hendersonville apartment before releasing her into the arms of a Henderson County Sheriff’s Department deputy. His wife, Brooke McNeely, watched nervously from higher ground. After torrents of rain from Tropical Storm Helene flooded...
Asheville tragedy shows there are no climate change safe havens: Experts
Asheville, North Carolina, has been called a potential safe haven for climate refugees by real estate researchers, praised for its temperate mountain weather, distance far from the coast, experiencing less extreme heat and fewer wildfires. The city of around 95,000 people was believed markings of a place where those escaping the harsh impacts of the climate crisis could go for safety. Certainly, there are locations that are going to be able to withstand some of those impacts more than others, according to Dave Reidmiller, the director of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute's Climate Center. However, the fatal floods and landslides seen after Helene ripped through Buncombe County, which encompasses Asheville, highlight that "no place is truly untouched by climate change, anywhere in the world," said Reidmiller. Asheville is nearly 400 miles away from where the storm made landfall in Florida last Thursday.
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