MNJ photo/Mariel Williams. Joyce, left, and J.D. Hoffman came to apply for Federal Emergency Management aid when the Disaster Recovery Center in Ledger first opened.
MNJ photo/Mariel Williams. Unsorted debris fills the parking lot next to the old Carolina Theater on Lower Street (Locust Street) in Spruce Pine. In order to get picked up and properly disposed of, flood debris is supposed to be sorted into three categories: wood/tree waste, construction debris and white goods (appliances). Those piles should be stacked on the right-of-way of state and town roads.
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.