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Watauga Co. couple surveys mud-covered property as community support grows
SUGAR GROVE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Power crews were in the Sugar Grove community in Watauga County Thursday planting poles and working to get the lights back on, but families are just beginning to recover after their homes were destroyed by Hurricane Helene. The floodwaters are gone, but the signs of how the storm’s […]
Local pilots basing relief efforts out of Twin County Airport
After witnessing the devastation of the deadliest mainland hurricane since Katrina hit New Orleans nearly 20 years ago, pilots at Twin County Airport knew they needed to act fast to help their fellow Appalachian brethren. From Tuesday, Oct. 1 to Thursday, Oct. 3, pilots associated with Twin County Airport delivered approximately 20 flights of supplies to Ashe County, N.C., the closest staging area they could reach closest to the most devastation - the mountains of Western North Carolina. Local pilot Mike Diamond said the effort...
Evening Edition: Desperately Needed Water Delivered To North Carolina Residents
A week after Hurricane Helene laid a path of destruction through western North Carolina over a hundred thousand residents are without water and over a million residents are living under a boil water advisory. The flood waters severely damaged water utilities and personal wells in a situation that could last weeks or months and becomes more dangerous as time passes. The non-profit ‘Wine To Water’, headquartered in Boone, North Carolina, is working around the clock to get clean drinking water to their fellow residents in need. FOX’s Tonya J. Powers speaks with Doc Hendley, the founder and president of ‘Wine To Water’, a non-profit that brings clean water to people in need anywhere in the world, who says the devastation has made the state unrecognizable and he details how his organization is helping bring much needed drinking water to those affected. If you want to know more, volunteer or donate go to: give.wtw.org/helene or wtw.org Click Here To Follow ‘The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition’
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