President Joe Biden took an aerial tour over North Carolina to view the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Massive cleanup efforts are underway and Biden directed the Defense Department to deploy up to 1,000 active duty soldiers to reinforce with aid and supplies.
SWANNANOA, N.C. — Flattened homes, impassable roads, swamped fields, downed power lines, raw emotions. Nearly a week after Hurricane Helene pummeled this small mountain town 20 miles east of Asheville, residents and business owners were trickling back Wednesday to see what was left and what could be salvaged.
'We're going to every part of our community, knocking on each door and asking residents if they need anything or want to be evacuated,' said Swannanoa Fire Chief Anthony Penland, who has been sleeping on a cot in his office. 'Some parts of our community are inaccessible due to the roads being washed out. The infrastructure is gone,' Penland said.
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