Story by: Olivia Gschwind SWANNANOA, N.C. — Daniel Wright usually wakes up around 4:30 a.m.…
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Survive or collapse: Small businesses in North Carolina struggle after Hurricane Helene
Story by Noelle Harff Photos by Chrissy Wang MARION, North Carolina — When Hurricane Helene…
After Hurricane Helene: The Gowan family’s journey of resilience
From up on a bank, the Gowan’s watched as their house collapsed and their belongings swept into the rushing river that floodwaters had formed across the property. Their home and family business, Triple C Campground, were gone.
Western North Carolina family loses home and livelihood after Hurricane Helene
Story by Ashley Humphrey Photos by Chrissy Wang Lowers: 00:00-00:10- Ashley Humphrey 00:34 -00:44 –…
Black Mountain pharmacists navigate recovery after Helene
As they scrambled to secure their own home and family, Taylor Jones and Jonna Munroe knew they had an entire town depending on them for medical care — at a time when access to medications was more critical than ever.
Hurricane recovery: ‘You either get numb, or you get busy’
Story by Kayla Guilliams The current model of hurricane recovery, a bureaucratically complex system of…
Change, in Ocracoke a year after Hurricane Dorian
Video story by Payton Tysinger A year after Hurrican Dorian swept over Ocracoke Island, there…
Five months after Hurricane Dorian, the life a North Carolinian built in the Bahamas is still in shambles
Video and Story by: Payton Tysinger Also featured on WRAL.com THE ABACOS, BAHAMAS — Paul…
Hurricane Dorian: Blowing into North Carolina
Video by: Jilly Kuehn For Bahamian Frank Knowles, the hardest part about life after Hurricane…
Hog farming after hurricanes
Video by: Colleen Brown Photos by: Nicole Esch Hog farming is huge in North Carolina.…