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Two Families Find a Blessing After Hurricane Helene

“Our house was just destroyed,” she said. “The water line was inches from the ceiling, and it had tossed around our appliances like they were nothing.”

Getting folks back into homes: Trailer donation nurtures bodies and souls

Many Appalachians lean on their faith for strength during a crisis, but one family along the Pigeon River near Clyde found echoes of their spirituality all around after they watched their home destroyed in recent flooding brought on by Hurricane Helene.

“The good Lord left us here for a reason, I really believe it,” said Frances Wright, 67, after describing the narrow escape she and her husband Frank and son Wayne experienced.

Hurricane Helene and the Things You Can’t Buy

The moment Romulus Meares, IV, 31, of Clyde, realized his home was flooding beyond repair, with water rising to his knees, he sat down in his living room and played a final song on the piano that had been an anniversary gift to his wife and would soon be destroyed.