A Week After Helene Hit, Thousands Still Without Water Struggle To Find Enough

Associated Press, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Fri, 10/04/2024 - 12:03pm

By MICHAEL PHILLIS, JEFF AMY and BRITTANY PETERSON ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Nearly a week after Hurricane Helene brought devastation to western North Carolina, a shiny stainless steel tanker truck in downtown Asheville attracted residents carrying 5-gallon containers, milk jugs and buckets to fill with what has become a desperately scare resource — drinking water. Flooding tore through the city’s water system, destroying so much infrastructure that officials said repairs could take weeks.

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