(30 Sep 2024)
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Asheville, North Carolina – 30 September 2024
1. Wide of people lining up outside supermarket
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Teall-Fleming, Asheville resident:
"A lot of the areas around our house were flooded and a lot of downed trees and power lines. But our house in our neighborhood has been relatively unscathed. So we’re very fortunate about that."
3. Wide of people lining up outside supermarket
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Teall-Fleming, Asheville resident:
"It was way worse than we expected. We were not preparing for an event like this. We’ve had in the past hurricane warnings and and when they come, it’s just, you know, a rainstorm. And it hasn’t been as devastating as this. We’ve never seen this type of flooding and and destruction. Just seeing the little bit of news that we’ve been able to see has just been shocking and really sad. All the destruction around our area and in western North Carolina."
5. Wide of people lining up outside supermarket
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Teall-Fleming, Asheville resident:
"Just around us. There’s been a lot of flooding. I’ve seen houses flooded and trees on houses, trees on a car. So so some of the things I’ve seen firsthand, but others just with footage that I’ve seen when I’ve been able to get Internet and see footage from online."
7. Wide of people lining up outside supermarket
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Teall-Fleming, Asheville resident:
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"I don’t think anybody was prepared. Nobody knew that this was going to happen. This devastation would happen. You know, I don’t I don’t fault anybody at this point. But yeah, the more help that we can get, the better."
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STORYLINE:
Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. The death toll topped 130.
Scores of residents lined up outside a local grocery store in Asheville, North Carolina to stock up on items.
"It was way worse than we expected. We were not preparing for an event like this. We’ve had in the past hurricane warnings and and when they come, it’s just, you know, a rainstorm. And it hasn’t been as devastating as this. We’ve never seen this type of flooding and and destruction," said Asheville resident Elizabeth Teall-Fleming.
At least 132 deaths in six Southeastern states have been attributed to the storm that inflicted damage from Florida’s Gulf Coast to the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia.
Government officials and aid groups were working to deliver basic supplies by air, truck and even mule to the hard-hit tourism hub of Asheville and its surrounding mountain towns. At least 40 people died in the county that includes Asheville.
Several main routes into Asheville were washed away or blocked by mudslides, including a 4-mile (6.4-kilometer) section of Interstate 40, and the city’s water system was severely damaged, forcing residents to scoop creek water into buckets so they could flush toilets.
People shared food and water and comforted one another in one neighborhood where a wall of water ripped away all of the trees and left behind a muddy mess not far away.
Federal Emergency Management Agency officials said Monday that hundreds of roads were closed across western North Carolina and that shelters were housing more than 1,000 people.
AP video by Erik Verduzco
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