A week after the remnants of Hurricane Helene swept through the western part of North Carolina, Monsignor Patrick Winslow said everyone leading the Diocese of Charlotte's response and recovery efforts is still trying to understand the full extent of the damage, the Crux website reports today (Oct. 5, 2024).
Winsalow, the diocese's chancellor and vicar general, said every day that communication capabilities are restored, more information and images trickle in about families whose homes were destroyed or people in a particular region who are in need.
He said he has seen a western North Carolina that is unrecognizable. "It is heartbreaking to see these scenes," Winslow told Crux.
The Diocese of Charlotte constitutes 46 counties in western North Carolina. More than half of those have been declared federal disaster areas. That region includes 44 of the diocese's 92 churches, which for the most part sustained minor damage.
More than 200 people in six states have died due to the storm. At least 100 of those deaths are in North Carolina, and search and rescue in the state continue.
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