In North Carolina, A Race To Provide Relief Amid An ‘unprecedented Tragedy’

Authorities in North Carolina were racing Sunday to find victims and rescue people in mountainous communities in the western part of the state after Hurricane Helene decimated the area with floods and mudslides. With help from search-and-rescue teams from other states and the federal government, the state was airdropping food to cutoff communities and sending workers to restore water systems that had been damaged by floods. In one hard-hit town, helicopters were dropping food from overhead at a church and a Harley-Davidson shop.