I hope my son has been able to volunteer some of his time. He lives in Clayton North Carolina.

My heart goes out to all who went through such a devastating experience with Helene, Stay strong North Carolina we are praying for all of you. Thank you to all who has stepped up and have given in what ever capacity they could. God Bless you all.

(Why do people say the lord bless the lord wiped away the town you morons

Thank you for update.

You know What you are the First to speak about what happened to the Carolinas. No one has said it like that. No one really has history of the Carolina's or The Dakota's. Thanks for keeping everyone updated. These people are selfish in Government not to want more information on what happened there Jahovah moved or something else very bad. Even The Dakota S/N These States are Church i believe and really bad things happen in these church land. The Government refuses to say. This is how we keep getting Jahovah on the Earth. We have to Obey Jahovah so He Don't Let what happened. Come out. Or He Break Out Like Fire. U see snd and we church people did not know and no one told Us. I have studying to keep. Fo u know the President keep me from finding out what happened. And refuse to allow me to get Out so we could try to keep what Jahovah wants

Tears.Prayers.

Dude energy should have a better way of controlling their dams😢 And should have given way ahead of time notice to the people that they were going to open the damn instead of killing so many, my option.

Were any precious souls swept along with all the debris and detritus into the Lake? I'm sure they searched for them. Happy holidays to one and all. 💙 Pce

Next time won't be a hundred years from now and it can be much worse. Unchecked Florida style urban sprawl from Orlando all the way to Atlanta and into the 828 paved a highway for massive storms to make it to Appalachia without losing power. Something must change. No more steep slope building permits in the 828 is among the most obvious changes.

But Congress gets a raise

I'm just kinda curious whether it's the best idea to rebuild all this when it's in a flood zone.And it could happen a year from now or five years, or maybe not for another hundred years

Do they search the ruble before griddi g it up you never no it may have human remains. There still missing peaple

🇨🇦🙏🏼 I still can't believe the Devastation that hit them, ill never forget them! WoW this is the News that makes me feel a little bit happier. These People deserve so much Help Warmth and Love Especially before Christmas 🎄 🎅🤶 Amen 🙏

Thank you for the info we appreciate that those of us in North Carolina who are trying so hard to help with the government has failed us in this community. Please do a special on the people that are up there that can’t be reached readily that still have a problem with food, water and clothing and housing. Especially thank you. God bless you.

Why does this place get so much help in others don't is it because rich people live in this town

That will all have to be bulldozed!

I LOVE seeing y’all’s area moving along as well as it is. It does take a town and its leaders to love the community wholeheartedly and allowing it rebuild without strife, along with the Army Corps of Engineers’ involvement. Sadly, not so much the same in Madeira Beach, Florida. We are being browbeaten about repairing they only want rebuilding in a way which isn’t even close to affordable for the many. And the Army Corps of Engineers? We haven’t seen hide nor hair of them, for some years now, because the United States government has decided to require what’s called “Perpetual Easements” for people whose homes are on the beaches. This element has made everything worse for us who live on the island but not on the beach. The Army Corps of Engineers needs to come and help our beaches in Pinellas county to be stronger like they have for years before. They need to not require these easements of the wealthy, which they will never be able to obtain thus continuing to allow flooding blocks away from the ocean. Our county has tried to replenish the beaches, but they are using sand from inland when the sand must come from the ocean, being dredged in not trucked in. The two sand types are of completely different quality and inland sand does nothing for beach erosion nor ocean intrusion. The army corps of engineers has left us in the sand, pun intended and we need them back for the majority, not the spoiled who don’t even want people who live on the beaches to walk by their homes. Helene, nor any of the storms since November of 2020, was a direct hit yet our city has flooded more and more each time and I’m straight up blaming the Army Corps of Engineers for dissing us for the true reason I wrote above. As it stands, we have no dunes, the beach is lower than ever, the sand replaced is crunchy like it is in a sandbox because it wasn’t dredged. Completely unnatural. Should another storm skirt our beaches here in Pinellas County, there will be nothing left for any who even lives inland and enjoys what we have to offer. Since you are weather men, I’m sure you get my drift. We need help or we will be gone. And some of the folks who live up there in Lake Lure and in the surrounding mountains, also have a cottage or something here for the few months of winter y’all receive but many older folks here live here all the time, don’t know where they could possibly go, nor afford to. If my words can get the Army Corp to open their eyes to to little folks lives opposite the mountains, yet not so much so, I would believe that my reason for being on this earth would be fulfilled. I wish with all that’s in me that this entity would come back and do their job as they have for so many years before the administration which decided to require those easements which will never come to pass. Please, before so many of us, persons and businesses alike, send us some help. At least come and see what’s happening here.

This is what is needed for so many people have been effected by hurricane helene north Carolina mountains strong and thanks for all that you do

Did they find any bodies in debris

Is it possible to have another several groups of Army Engineers in more areas? Can the military thats in NC be reassigned there to help expedite the recovery process? Are there National Guard that can be reassigned there also to help them get reestablished sooner? Maybe different states military could help them.

The federal government needs to help western North Carolina with money and manpower. Biden sure is not helping by sending money to Ukraine

Thank you for the update. It’s nice to see progress being made and so very sad to see how much more is needed. While it will never again be the area we knew and loved, hopefully it will eventually be a new place to enjoy.

Army Corps of Engineers? Wow! This is the first mention of them being in WNC that I've heard. Bout time.

I think it's almost fair to say it's on its cost too much to infrastructure

Gre😮at work, but years more to go!

Watching from Florida and we certainly understand what these people are going through. Thank you for showing the cleanup of Lake Lure. We couldn't imagine how they were going to clean all that up.

Its hearbreaking, ive been following all the stories ftom the catastrophic hurricane & flood from the UK. It never fails to shock you the amount of destruction to homes & businesses. I fear it will take at least a generation to get some kind of normality back to these areas, but the topography has changed forever the river & shoreline will not look how it used to. I fear many many people will never be found so so sad. You wont be forgotton you all continue to be in my prayers everyday. Thank you for the update Helene needs to be in the forefront of peoples minds. NEVER FORGET ❤🙏🏻

Have the water and soil been tested to guarantee the safety of those workers ?? The workers should at least have face masks on. The samples in marshall came back as toxic.. so please take precautions....

Fema helping ??????

NC boy from Waynesville living in New England. My family is still there. I'm in tears watching the support. Thank you all so very much! I love this coverage from the Carolina Weather Group!!!

There's still about a thousand people unaccounted for in NC and Tennessee. From what I saw about a month ago , they were mulching piles of debris where a plastic plant was . There were piles 30'-40' high. There's no way that they went through all these pes before they started mulching. There were houses , mobile homes , other buildings that went about 15 miles down from where they were standing. No help will come until after 1/20/25

It is RUMBLING Bald, not RAMBLING, lol

My family came into Rutherford County in the mid 1700s. At that time it included what is now Cleveland County, too. For a period between 1768-1779 it was Tryon County and included what are now parts of 16 counties in North Carolina & South Carolina. Cleveland County was formed out of parts of Rutherford & Lincoln Counties in 1841. Many Revolutionary War Patriots hailed from this land including what is now McDowell County also. The Overmountain Men walked the woods and trails and their neighbors also guarded the forts of this communities in what are now Rutherford, Cleveland & McDowell Counties. Their descendants still live here. My ancestors here to go back 10+ generations to my 6x great grandparents grandparents. These are strong, independent people who have a strong sense of the land and history. Add to that many more generations of descendants of Native Americans here who lived and hid in the wilderness to escape the harrowing death march to Oklahoma. The 1000 year flood that resulted from Hurricane Helene, Sept 27, 2024, brought devastation to the land and its people, so many who descend from the earliest inhabitants of this land. If you happen to meet up with those that I speak of, never doubt their tenacity, strength of character, sense of history, or their ability to come back from disaster. My people fought hard to live, to survive, and thrive in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, England, and Germany, then braved poverty and then the ocean in small wooden ships in the late 1600s and within a couple of generations many made their way along The Great Wagon Road into the colonies of Virginia and Carolina. They fought for independence and one of the earliest documents declaring independence from England was right here in Old Tryon (all the mountain land west of the Catawba River), The Tryon Resolves. They have started over many times, the Native Americans and the earliest Europen Settlers, and they will do it again. Of note is also the fact that the very first European settlement of the interior of what is now the United States also occurred within the bounds of this land near what is now Morganton. Morgan Township was a part of Rutherford County. In 1567, near the Native American vilkage of Joara, (18 years before the English Settlement of Roanoke Isand and 40 years before Jamestown, was the settlement of Fort San Juan, by Explorer Juan Pardo in efforts to establish an overland route to Mexico.) It will take time, but this land and its people will again flourish. It is a blessing that so many have been willing to come and help in this gargantuan effort.

The area's have changed . The amount and power of the water. The destruction. The path of the river has been widened . Massive destruction has happened in these towns. It's Sad. So much loss

I was at the Open House. Saw destruction I hadn't seen in prior visits. Climbed the rock pile to the Lake Lure log for a picture. It will be quite a long time if LL and CR ever recover. This area has been catastrophically changed forever.

Rumbling Bald, Chimney Rock, Rutherford County, NC, Altitude 3,027 ft.

The 🙏🏻Lord bless everyone who has volunteered ,and given thousands of dollars 💵 to help the AMERICAN CITIZENS 🇺🇸of NC + TENNESSEE OUR HEARTS 😢have hurt for you all. Even now tears are in my eyes as I watch this video 😢 I live in Florida 🌴 34 years now and have seen hurricanes 🌀 but I’ve not had any major loss. We are praying 🙏🏻 that your towns will be built even better than before, and people from all over USA 🇺🇸 will spend time in your beautiful mountains ⛰️ 😊

Long haul for sure. My guess is 10 years and a lot is going to change. Especially with the tourism. that isn't going to be back the way it was, maybe never. One reason is the way the river has changed. What a shame.

It's Rumbling Bald.

I have been keeping up with this situation from the beginning. I would love to get down there and help but I don't have any way or money. I pray for you all every day †

I stayed at Evening Shade with my granddaughter and it’s gone.

Heartbreaking

He saved thousands of lives that day. Of those 252 deaths none were directly his fault. He did everything in his power to help these people. James Span you’re a legend.

James if you ever happen to see this, thank you. I'm not from Alabama but thank you anyway for everything you've done for humanity as a whole.