DeWitt County Sheriff Carl Bowen spent last week in Mitchell County, North Carolina helping the residents of Bakersville recover from Hurricane Helene. He went as part of the Incident Support Taskforce that deploys during catastrophic events through the National Incident Management System. Bowen said recovery personnel from all over the country were there.
“I saw an urban search and rescue team from California and a water recovery team from New York as well as responders from South Carolina, Louisiana and Georgia.”
On September 26, Hurricane Helene stormed across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, sweeping away homes, flooding towns, destroying roads and bridges. At least 230 people lost their lives.
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