North Carolina officials issue warning after Helene-battered community suffers setback

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Western North Carolina suffered another setback after Hurricane Helene battered the region and left many residents dead in September.

Over the weekend, minor flooding and rain destroyed roughly 20 makeshift roads and bridges erected as temporary solutions in Boone and Newland after Helene wiped out whole infrastructural systems, according to relief group WNC Strong’s comments to a local news outlet.

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