Photos/Rachel Hoskins. Volunteers Braxton Jarvis and Lauren Ford review paperwork for propane requests.
MNJ photo/Mariel Williams. Mayor Charles E. Vines explains the flood damage in Bakersville to Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell, left, and Gov. Roy Cooper, right.
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Submitted photos. Left: Flood victims Alison Wisely and Knox Petrucci had planned to get married in November. Wisely and Petrucci lived along the North Toe River on Relief Road Extension. Right: Community members are asked to keep an eye out for Moonpie, a female red hound who was last seen on Relief Road Extension in September. Moonpie’s owners, the Wisely and Petrucci family, were lost in the flood.
CNI photos/Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com. The Tin Crown consignment store off U.S. 19 East/N.C. 80 near Micaville was destroyed by flooding along Little Crabtree Creek.
MNJ photo/Mariel Williams. Nick Whitson shows the water mark where Hurricane Helene floodwaters stopped rising in O.C. Whitson & Sons, a furniture and general store that has stood in Green Mountain for almost 100 years.
Submitted photo/ Governor’s office. N.C. Governor Roy Cooper talks with Spruce Pine Assistant Fire Chief Bill Hoag. On Tuesday, Oct.8, Governor Cooper traveled to Spruce Pine and was joined by FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, Federal Highway Administration Acting Administrator Kristin White and other state and federal officials to assess storm damage, thank volunteers and speak with people impacted by Hurricane Helene.