Eleven members of the same North Carolina family died in a mudslide caused by Hurricane Helene , their heartbroken relatives have revealed.
The Craig family lived in three houses that sat beside each other in Fairview, a suburb of Asheville in the western part of the state.
The area they lived in was dubbed “Craigtown” by locals — and neighbors described the Craigs as pillars of the small Appalachian community.
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“My mother and father, my aunt and uncle, my great-aunt and uncle – I’ve lost cousins, second cousins,” Jesse Craig told local ABC 11 . “But 11 people overall from this mudslide.”
The three homes, representing eight decades of family history, were wiped away when a mudslide, caused by the trillions of gallons of water that Helene had dumped on the region, barreled down the mountain.
North Carolina’s picturesque mountainside suffered “absolutely overwhelming” devastation from mudslides . Trees, homes, businesses and everything in between were turned to dirt, rocks, and destruction in the blink of an eye.