Nine months after it hit, a North Carolina town is still dealing with the aftermath of a deadly hurricane, and a lack of federal aid is leaving its residents “in limbo.”
What’s happening?
Last September, Hurricane Helene ravaged the Southeast. The storm, which landed as a Category 4 hurricane, killed more than 230 people across six states.
More than 100 of those deaths occurred in North Carolina, and new photos published in The Guardian show the small town of Lake Lure is still dealing with the hurricane’s devastation.
The town’s century-old dam barely held up against the storm’s floodwaters, but major damage left the town needing countless repairs, including an estimated $200 million to rebuild the dam, according to Reuters…