YANCEY COUNTY, N.C. — Homes disappeared, businesses floated away and nothing looked the same after Helene’s visit to western North Carolina.
“You feel like you’re still in a dream and you’re seeing these things and you’re like, that can’t be right. There’s no way,” former Yancey County emergency management coordinator Jeff Howell said.
“I know exactly where I am, but I don’t recognize anything because it’s all gone,” Howell said…