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BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C.—Robert Chessick knows about nature’s power, having survived his fair share of tropical downpours and winter ice storms.
He says that prayer, buckets to collect rainwater, and a borrowed gasoline-powered generator helped him get through Hurricane Helene in late September.
“I was kind of prepared,” Chessick said.
Two weeks after the hurricane, Chessick, 74, known as Rabbit to his neighbors, wore a new pair of Carharrt overalls…

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Local Heroes Hailed as North Carolina Digs Out From Hurricane Helene Disaster

Coleman Dixon is well known to the community. Over the years he has worn many hats, including entrepreneur and a law enforcement badge, serving locally for well over two decades. However, before his parents moved their family and business to Western Kentucky, home was Black Mountain, North Carolina. A beautiful tourist community snuggled into the mountains where Dixon grew up, and still considers home. His hometown looks a lot different followin…

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Coleman Dixon visits Coffee Talk and details devastation and a supply run to Black Mountain

Like many residents of western North Carolina, Taylor Jones and Jonna Munroe never imagined how devastating Hurricane Helene would be for their community.

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Black Mountain pharmacists navigate recovery after Helene

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Task Force 1 gets new orders as North Carolina searches continue

Photo by Jack Danz. The Avon Volunteer Fire Department Chief Frankie Hopkins, Assistant Chief Andrew Dickerson, and Firefighter Ryan Albaugh delivered donations to Black Mountain on Tuesday to help victims of Hurricane Helene. The three men left for western North Carolina early Tuesday morning and returned Wednesday evening. Community donations wait to be loaded onto the trucks and trailer. Photo by Jack Danz. Community members donated water, dr…

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Avon Volunteer Fire Department delivers community donations to Helene’s victims

In the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina mountains, the plethora of anecdotal reports from family and friends are full of gratitude for an abundance of both public and private assistance. My cousin Macon Thoma, a healthcare worker living in the heavily damaged town of Black Mountain, reported on Facebook in the week after the storm that help on her post-storm commute to work is so great that “sometimes it makes me c…

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Helpers prevailing amid the flood - Washington Examiner

While the aftermath of Hurricane Helene is still dominating the news cycle, Al Robertson and Zach Dasher got a front-row seat to the devastation — and are still dealing with it.Robertson and his family were trapped in the Black Mountain region of North Carolina, while Dasher and his family were trap...

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Hurricane Helene: Elon Musk to the rescue, true stories of hope, and how we’ve been duped

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Seventeen members of Missouri Task Force 1 returned to Boone County on Wednesday after spending two weeks in parts of North Carolina and Georgia after Hurricane Helene made landfall. According to a social media post from the Boone County Fire Protection District, the task force had to extend its typical 14-day deployment due to "ongoing needs" in the field.  Members were deployed an additional 10 days and relocated to Black …

Task Force 1 members reflect on Hurricane Helene recovery efforts after two-week deployment

By Joe Sutton, Raja Razek, Rebekah Riess and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The death toll from Helene has risen to at least 227 across six states, according to CNN’s tally, after two more deaths were announced Saturday in South Carolina. Helene is the second deadliest hurricane to strike the United States mainland in the past 50 years, following Hurricane Katrina, which killed at least 1,833 people in 2005. Officials announced seven additional deaths i…

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Helene death toll rises to at least 227 across 6 states

Hurricane Helene caused chaos to spread across the American southeast since last week. The immense storm has ripped up roads, flooded towns and could be about to bring the auto industry to its knees. However, none of those issues were on the minds of this couple attempting to flee the storm after they were nearly…Read more...

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Couple Barely Escapes Terrifying Mudslide During Hurricane Helene Storm

Kris Mullen stands in front of a Red Cross truck. | Courtesy Kris Mullen CHUBBUCK – A local woman is back home after helping communities impacted by two major hurricanes. Kris Mullen, an American Red Cross volunteer from Chubbuck, went to Tallahassee, Florida from September 27 to October 11 to assist people recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.  The storm made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast with 140 mph winds on Sept. 26.…

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