A clearer picture of Helene's fury begins to emerge as cut-off communities take stock of what remains
BAKERSVILLE, N.C. — In Mitchell County, a mountainous and remote North Carolina region made even more remote in the wake of Hurricane Helene, residents are trying to make sense of the unthinkable.
BAKERSVILLE, N.C. — In Mitchell County, a mountainous and remote North Carolina region made even more remote in the wake of Hurricane Helene, residents are trying to make sense of the unthinkable.
“Where do we go?" asked Susan Allen Wroblewski, 70, who also calls Sarasota, Florida, home a few months out of the year. “We got hit the worst. It’s been stressful. Just not having power and not being able to communicate and get in touch with friends.”
Some Bakersville residents took the rebuilding effort into their own hands by helping to clear and repair roads this week, Mitchell County Deputy Austin Duncan said Friday.
“We’ve had people show up with chainsaws and heavy equipment asking where can they help,” he said.
Damage from Hurricane Helene in Mitchell County, N.C., on Friday.Deon Hampton / NBC NewsThousands of trees were toppled in Helene’s fury, mangled train tracks were left discarded on river beds and school buses were blown away.The Mitchell County building was flooded, as well as the sheriff's office and transportation authority. For the foreseeable future, deputies will work out of decommissioned Bowman Middle School, Duncan said.
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