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Grocery stores are closed, cellphone service is out,
Chip Frank, 62, said as he entered his third hour waiting in line No one thinks of us back here,
said David Hall, as he and his wife dug through seagrass and dead fish in the office of the hotel they owned This is a devastating catastrophe of historic proportions,
Governor Roy Cooper told CNN It’s like a mini-apocalypse,
Gretchen Hogan, a resident of Brevard, North Carolina, said of the situation there We will stand with these communities for as long as it takes to make sure that they are able to recover and rebuild,
Harris said on Sunday evening at a campaign rally in Las Vegas We want people to remain calm. Help is on the way, it is just going to take time,
McMaster told reporters outside the airport in Aiken County I cannot convey in words the sorrow, heartbreak and devastation my sisters and I are going through,
We have power. We don’t have electricity,
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church parishioner Marie Ruttinger said They are watching 18-wheelers and cars floating by,
Turner wrote in an urgent Facebook post on Friday It’s still very much an active search and rescue mission
in western ... Criswell said We hear you. We need food and we need water,
Pinder said on a Sunday call with reporters It's a devastating blow, but we can make it through,
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said at a press conference on Sunday I don't know that anybody could be fully prepared for the amount of flooding and landslides that they are experiencing right now,
We're hearing (of) significant infrastructure damage to water systems, communication, roads, critical transportation routes, as well as several homes that have been just destroyed by this,
the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Deanne Criswell, said Sunday We have another devastating update. We now have 30 confirmed losses due to the storm,
Quentin Miller, the sheriff in North Carolina's Buncombe County, which includes the tourist city of Asheville, told a briefing The wind started really hitting, like, felt branches and pieces of the roof hitting the side of the building and hitting the windows,
said Valdosta resident Steven Mauro So this is going to be a really complicated recovery in each of these five states that have had these impacts,
she said on CBS's "Face the Nation." Anything helps, I know our whole community is hurting, and we all have a lot to replace. So so many people were impacted by this completely devastating storm. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and soul. I hope everyone is safe, and that our community will come together to see everything put back for everyone impacted. I love you all,
It’s with the heaviest hearts and sickest stomachs that I make this post…Balm salon was completely destroyed by the flooding from the French broad,
the owner of Balm Salon wrote We will do all we can to help North Carolina officials respond to the health impacts of Hurricane Helene,