North Carolinians devastated by Helene are determined to stay and rebuild homes wrecked by the monster storm.
Jewel Warrick has lived in Relief, North Carolina , for 55 years. More than three weeks ago, Helene tore through her small community and buried her home in mud. She and her son James evacuated days before the storm and said they urged their neighbors to leave as well. But by the time they tried, it was too late. Six residents of Relief, including two young boys, died. The family, like many in the state, wants to rebuild in the wake of the monster storm.
set up more than 40 processing centers and says so far it has distributed more than $100 million to North Carolina victims.Now Howell, who spent more than 30 years in the Army Reserve and fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, is trying to get his neighbors the help they need.Helicopters and mules have been deployed to deliver aid to places trucks can't reach. Over 500 roads remain closed and more than 100 bridges need to be replaced. A patchwork of dusty routes now holds the region together.
.' One arrest was made and suspended door-to-door operations for all of western North Carolina for 48 hours. operations have since resumed. The disinformation has been a problem for workers on the ground.'It takes their focus away from what they're supposed to be doing when they're having to debunk this sort of stuff and explain to people, 'No. That is really not the case.' We're not after the lithium deposits at Chimney Rock. You know, it's just the U.S. government did not geoengineer this storm,' Howell said.
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