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A couple watched as a mudslide destroyed their family home, leaving them with nothing 💔Daily Mail18 hours ago
Hurricane Milton is now a Category 5 headed for Florida. Here’s what NC can expectThe News Observer18 hours ago
Kamala Harris speaks to media after briefing in North CarolinaWFAA2 days ago
Some schools remain closed for foreseeable future after HeleneWSOC Charlotte1 day ago
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Heartbreaking and all too familiar
The pictures are heartbreaking. The streets of Boone completely under water. Trees down all around the western part of our state. Lives lost. Water sweeping through homes and businesses. Many of us here in the east spend our vacation time in the mountains of this beautiful state of ours. We either go skiing or whitewater rafting and we take in the lovely site of those mountains. We visit the beautiful...
91-year-old woman killed in Wilkes County crash
WILKES COUNTY, N.C. — A crash in Wilkes County on Sunday afternoon claimed the life of a 91-year-old woman from Ronda, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Edith Roberts Luffman was riding as a passenger in a 2007 Ford Fusion driven by her sister, 84-year-old Clara Roberts Adams. The Fusion was traveling northwest on Hoots Road when it failed to yield the right of way at a stop sign abd was struck by a 1996 Ford F-250 traveling southwest on Austin Little Mountain Road, according to a press release.
‘Mother nature took back her mountains.’ Surviving Helene in Boone.
Outside of Asheville, Boone is one of the largest population centers in Western North Carolina. It’s a major tourist destination and educational hub. Folks in Boone and around Watauga County are pulling together to assess and mitigate the damage caused by landslides and extreme flooding in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene.
17-year-old girl volunteers as dispatcher for western North Carolina police department
AVERY COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — The Banner Elk Police Chief says his officers are stretched thin as they help Hurricane Helene victims in Avery County. A 17-year-old girl has stepped up to assist officers by making sure everyone in the community is accounted for. Lily Flores is volunteering as a dispatcher for the Banner Elk […]
Isolated NC town builds bridge using flatbed trailers
Residents of an isolated town in North Carolina have improvised a bridge using several flatbed trailers in order to keep themselves connected to the rest of the world. Hurricane Helene decimated the western part of the state, flooding the area and destroying roads and buildings. Now, towns like Elk Park, North Carolina are working to […] The post Isolated NC town builds bridge using flatbed trailers appeared first on CDLLife.
Trade, Tenn. residents push through flood recovery
TRADE, Tenn. (WJHL) – Devastation from Hurricane Helene is still clearly visible in Johnson County. For the residents of Trade, the effects are everywhere. “[There’s a] disruption of daily life,” said Ashley Gallaher, owner of ZRC Skates in Trade. “Disruption of everything you can think of.” Across the community, roads have been damaged and buildings […]
App State student among many who lost almost everything in Helene
BOONE, N.C. — Helene’s destruction has left many Appalachian State University students without a place to go. “We are literally in a swamp right now,” Maxton Babula, an App State student, said. Maxton said he was home with his roommates when the water came flushing in. “Water...
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