Quotes
As we turn toward recovery efforts, we will make certain that no resource is spared to ensure that families, businesses, schools, hospitals, and entire communities can quickly begin their road to rebuilding,
That's a reminder that these first responders put their life on the line every day to go out and protect the citizens that they serve,
said David Jones with the South Carolina Highway Patrol We knew the flooding was coming but we didn’t know it was going to be this catastrophic,
a woman told the outlet at the scene It’s going to take a lot longer. We’ve got a lot, a lot of damage,
I’d like to pack up and move,
he said when asked his thoughts on the destruction It’s so widespread because we got a direct hit,
Ronney Bythwood, 71, said after his truck was loaded up with supplies From a statewide perspective, this storm spared no one,
I don’t even know if she’ll be able to get to her stuff. We’re trying to salvage anything we can,
Quite a few houses were hit by trees,
Our daughter lives about two miles from us in town and we went to her house yesterday and we saw about 10 houses that had trees on top of them,
I just want to say on behalf of the president that we extend our deepest sympathies for those families that have lost loved ones,
All right folks, listen up, Chimney Rock is gone, Flowering Bridge is gone,
said poster Touristpov on TikTok, showing videos of the destruction If you look around here, you can see that some homes are just rubble,
This is the most significant natural disaster that any one of us has ever seen in Western North Carolina,
Ryan Cole, Buncombe County assistant emergency services director, told local news station ABC11 Shelter in place. All roads in Western N.C. should be considered closed,
North Carolina's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) wrote on its website Helene brought pain and destruction to our state and we're working to get help to people quickly,
Helene is producing historic and catastrophic flooding over portions of the Southeast and Southern Appalachians."
On Friday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued its final advisory on the storm, writing There’s a moment where you are thinking, ‘If this water rises above the level of the stove, we are not going to have much room to breathe,
she said, recalling how she and her sister waded through chest-deep water with one cat in a plastic carrier and another in a cardboard box This is something that we’re going to be dealing with for many days and weeks to come,
There’s so many people down here, they don’t have any place to go now. This was all they had,