Nicole Schoychid, left, and Rebekah Canu, co-founders of Wildwood Agile Leaning Center, embrace inside the schoolhouse, which was damaged by flooding in Hurricane Helene, as they are surrounded by debris and mud, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Boone, N.C. The school had to compete against many other organizations and businesses vying for their own space in Boone after Helene damaged the town, creating a “bottleneck” from demand, Schoychid says. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina a year ago. Some students never returned to school
When 12-year-old Natalie Briggs visited the ruins of her home after Hurricane Helene, she had to tightrope across a wooden beam to reach what was once her bedroom. Knots of electrical wires were draped inside the skeleton of the house. Months after the storm, light filtered through breaks in the tarps over the windows. “All I […]
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