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Zoo Knoxville helping North Carolina nature center after Helene
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Among the several groups sending help to North Carolina after the remnants of Helene moved through the area was Zoo Knoxville. The zoo put together a team of 10 after the Western North Carolina Nature Center in Asheville put out a call for help taking fuel, water, fencing, and other supplies […]
In Helene's and Milton's wake, faith-based disaster relief groups prepare for the long haul
This past Sunday, worshippers returned to Biltmore Church, a megachurch in Asheville, North Carolina, for the first time in person after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. It was bittersweet, said Bruce Frank, the church’s pastor. People were glad to be together, even as many are still grieving. “There is a lot of loss,” Frank said simply in his sermon.Among the lost were Nora and Michael Drye, lay leaders at Biltmore, and their 7-year-old grandson, Micah, who became trapped on their roof and drowned in Helene’s flooding. Others in the church had lost loved ones, homes and their...
War-torn Ukrainian family finds peace in North Carolina, only to drown in Helene's floods
A North Carolina family's journey from war-torn Ukraine to the U.S. was tragically cut short. They were killed not by the familiar threats of artillery and rocket barrages, but by a more insidious force of nature.
As Helene’s immediate impacts recede, a public health threat rises
Each day at 10 in the morning, more than a dozen people gather outside Gold’s Gym just south of downtown Asheville, North Carolina. After organizing themselves into groups — Spanish speakers in one, for example, and those with medical skills in another — they grab a couple of five-gallon buckets each and climb into trucks. Soon everyone rumbles off to spend the day performing an essential task: flushing toilets.
As Asheville waits for clean water, aid groups set up sustainable options
Water service is returning to Asheville and other areas of the county hit hard by Hurricane Helene, but while the water may be flowing, officials say it could still take weeks before it’s safe to drink, at least without boiling it first.
Ohio team returns after hurricane recovery efforts
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A team of about 120 AEP Ohio employees is back in Ohio after helping with power restoration efforts in western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The Ohio crew was there from the very beginning. “We were right in the heart of the storm and were able to start […]
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