SWANNANOA, N.C. (BP) – The overturned box truck not far from First Baptist Church may be the best example of what it’s like in Swannanoa four months since Hurricane Helene dumped historic amounts of rain on North Carolina, leading to epic flooding and destruction throughout the state’s western region.
There has been progress on cleaning up debris, but a lot remains. The truck is one of the more obvious examples. At Christmas someone threw lights across it and a tree on top.
It’s one of many signs people are trying to make the best of their situation, said First Baptist pastor Jeff Dowdy.
“It’s been pretty slow,” he told Baptist Press on Jan. 14. “There is still a good bit of debris. Some heavily damaged commercial buildings are still standing.”…