PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Resources from the Philadelphia area continue to help those in need after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction .
“It’s surreal. It’s the truest definition of a flash flood came down the mountains, brought up massive amounts of debris and dirt had, you know, strength that I’ve never seen before,” Kevin Morrissey, program manager for New Jersey Task Force One, said.
Morrissey is talking about the pure devastation left behind by the storm. For the last week, he and the team of 80 members with NJ-TF1 have been in Asheville, North Carolina.
“Went from swift water rescues where the team made a couple of very risky, high-risk safety rescues to now we’re into more of a wide area search. Searching the river banks, the areas that were impacted by the storm,” Morrissey said.
After 24 years and countless missions, Morrissey has seen quite a lot. But how does the destruction left behind after Helene compare to other things he’s seen?”