GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Several school districts in the western part of the state closed indefinitely due to Hurricane Helene.
Two families moved to Guilford County to allow their children to continue their education.
While laying on a couch as the wind and rain battered her Taylors, South Carolina, home, the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused a large tree to fall on Kathryn Wilkins’ house on Friday morning.
“You heard it hit the roof and come down onto the bed … Mostly, you felt the shake,” Wilkins said.
Wilkins says her home is now uninhabitable, and the surrounding community suffered catastrophic damage. Many people are still without power.
“It’s devastating. Asheville and Buncombe got the floods, and it’s heartbreaking to see, but there’s trees everywhere, and powerlines everywhere,” Wilins said.
On Wenesdesay morning, Wilkins says her mother drove down to South Carolina and brought her family to Guilford County.
With schools still closed in Taylors, Wilkins says she enrolled her son Charlie into Guilford County Schools.