What Life Is Like in North Carolina After Hurricane Helene?

Life is on pause in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Hurricane Helene decimated the city located about 25 miles south of Asheville. Most people have not returned to work, and in some instances, there is no workplace to return to because flood waters swept entire buildings from foundations.

Hendersonville resident Alexander told The Daily Signal neighbors have been the first line of defense in his community as people swung into action to ensure the elderly were taken care of and no one went hungry.

Alexander anticipates the initial cleanup will take months. After spending several days on the ground talking with locals like Alexander and seeing the devastation first hand, The Daily Signal’s Tim Kennedy says it will likely take years for the community to rebuild.
Hurricane Helene was truly the perfect story dumping about 20 inches of rain in mountainous communities in the southeast and causing rivers, like the French Broad in Asheville, to flood and become a deadly force washing away roads, bridges, and buildings.

Kennedy joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share the stories of people like Dianne Messer, whose entire mobile home community was affected by the storm, and to discuss how the locals view the federal government’s response to the hurricane.