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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.
Damage from Helene devastating for some veterans
Mark Owen Elkins’ neighbor woke him late at night on Sept. 26 and told him, “It’s time to get out of here.”. The remnants of Hurricane Helene had arrived to bring historic amounts of rainfall to where they lived in Weaverville, a small Buncombe County town. Once outside, Elkins had to get through rising water to make it to his car. Ten minutes later, he watched his home wash down the river. His neighbor’s house followed, then a few mobile homes.
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.
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.
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