Climate Change
Why Is ReBuild NC Involved in Disaster Management in Western North Carolina?
The state’s new governor said the troubled agency, which fumbled hurricane relief in the east, wouldn’t go to devastated mountain areas after Hurricane Helene. But ReBuild NC has done just that.
SWANNANOA, N.C.—People are living in campers in fields of debris off U.S. 70, the main thoroughfare through the small town of Swannanoa, east of Asheville. Cars are buried nose-first under dirt and rock.
Why Is ReBuild NC Involved in Disaster Management in Western North Carolina?