Although there has been sunshine across the Coastal Bend, Hurricane Helene has been tearing one local couple apart, miles away from each other.
“To know that Eric was not part of that and to know that he was safe, I’m so grateful.”
Those words came from Wendy Herman as she recounted the emotional moments of not hearing from her husband for days.
On Wednesday, he traveled to Asheville, North Carolina to reunite with a former college professor and classmates. Instead, he was faced with a different encounter: The wrath of Helene .
“I lost communication with him on Friday morning. Then, Saturday around noon, it had been 24 hours since I had talked to him and I had really, really started to get concerned,” Wendy said.
After making landfall last week in Florida, the storm devastated several states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Some towns received more than two feet of rain. Even now, the death toll continues to rise , with the latest count at more than 160 people and many more missing.