"Carmen, her husband and three children were sound asleep in their western North Carolina home when she heard her phone ring that late September morning. It was her brother-in-law alerting the family to downed trees, powerlines and homes destroyed by historic rain and strong winds from Hurricane Helene.
Carmen looked outside as she talked with her brother-in-law. The river that usually flowed contained within its banks behind her property was nearly level with her home's foundation.
"I believe that if we never received that call, I don't know what would have happened," she says in Spanish. "Maybe the current would have taken us.""
Source: NPR, 01/03/2025
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