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Samaritan’s Purse Starts Five-Site Response to Hurricane Helene
October 2, 2024
(https://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/pray-for-those-in-helenes-path/)
The storm left a path of devastation across the Southeast, from the coast of Florida to the mountains of North Carolina.
Samaritan’s Purse is responding in five locations across four states after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of the Southeast.
Helene tore through western North Carolina, dumping extreme rainfall—more than 2 feet in some areas—and causing terrible flash flooding. Some parts of the region are in ruins. We are providing relief in the mountains of Watauga County, North Carolina—home to Samaritan’s Purse international headquarters in the town of Boone. The town and surrounding communities have been particularly hard-hit with toppled trees, flooding, road damage, and a lack of power and water. This response extends to include neighboring counties in North Carolina (Ashe, Avery) and eastern Tennessee (Johnson), and our church base is Alliance Bible Fellowship in Boone.
Southwest of Boone, rivers also raged outside their banks causing widespread destruction in the Asheville, North Carolina, area. Long stretches of interstate artery I-40 are shut down, after sections washed out. Our response there is focused on Buncombe County, which includes Asheville, Black Mountain, Montreat, and Swannanoa. Our base is the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove.