The country has rallied around western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene left disaster-struck mountain towns and cities struggling to get the help and resources they need. As local teams have sprung to action,

Just 0.5% of homes in the Western North Carolina counties hit hardest by Hurricane Helene were covered by the National Flood Insurance Program, according to an analysis by Reuters. In comparison, more than 40% of homes in Dare County,

Biden said there are 70 dead North Carolinians and a hundred more who are still missing. From the air, Biden said, he could see damaged homes that had clearly been washed downstream. Chimney Rock, he said, was “reduced to piles of wood and debris. As you look down, that’s what you see as we flew over in a circle in the helicopter.”