‘You just have to fix it’: Canton family returns home 19 months after Helene

CANTON, N.C. — A family gets to sleep in their own beds for the first time since their house was destroyed by Helene 19 months ago.

“Today we are moving back to our home,” said Donella Pressley, a Canton Resident. “A lot of people don’t think, well, your house floated away, but you still have a mortgage. It doesn’t matter that your house floated away. You still have to pay for it.”

Pressley describes herself as a two-time winner of the floods, as before Helene, her home was damaged by Fred…

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