Tag: Heleneravaged
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Students in Helene-ravaged Buncombe County return to school a month after mass devastation
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — One month after Hurricane Helene destroyed mountain towns, swept away homes and upended countless lives here, thousands of Buncombe County’s students returned to school Friday. Students were hopeful and said it was a joyous occasion to be able to reconnect with friends and see some normalcy return to their lives after the…
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Urgent care clinics reopen near Helene-ravaged Asheville, giving residents crucial lifeline
CANDLER, N.C. — Urgent care facilities have started to reopen providing a crucial lifeline for many people in western North Carolina who for the past week had little access to food, water, electricity and convenient health care in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Elena Gherasim, 42, of West Asheville, said it was a “huge blessing”…