A North Carolina man left homeless in the wake of Hurricane Helene was forced to rebury his late father, after his casket was unearthed by the storm.
Chris Griffin, 57, said that the casket had remained above ground for two weeks after surfacing and floating away from its site. His father has been dead for two years.
Helene caused severe flooding and destruction , and a death toll of at least 230, after barrelling across six states, including North Carolina, in late September.
Griffin lives in Garren Creek, a neighborhood in Fairview outside Asheville , where 13 people, including 11 members of the same family, died in mudslides that same morning.
Speaking to Fox News Digital, he described the events of September 27 and how his house, garage and vehicles had disappeared within 20 minutes.
In the early morning hours of September 27, as Hurricane Helene descended over the Appalachian Mountains, Chris Griffin noticed a creek near his North Carolina home was higher than normal.