North Carolina resident Zach Dasher said his town is ‘absolutely decimated’ following Hurricane Helene, and it will likely take years to rebuild the community’s infrastructure.
North Carolina residents are detailing how their communities have been “decimated” by Hurricane Helene’s historic storm surge as hundreds remain unaccounted for.
Swannanoa resident Zach Dasher said his town, located just 10 miles east of hard-hit Asheville, endured “complete devastation” as the death toll from the storm continues to climb.
“Our little town here has just been absolutely decimated”, Dasher told “Fox & Friends First” co-host Carley Shimkus on Tuesday.
“I’m talking about not only have the buildings gone on one side of the road, the ground that the building sat on is no longer there. It’s complete devastation. Lots of people lost their lives. Folks from our church that were helping rescue people out of the floods, they saw people lose their lives… We don’t have a final count or anything like that… It’s devastating.”
“I’ve never seen anything quite like this”, he continued. “Bridges, infrastructure, it’s just destroyed… It’s going to take years to build this back.”
Communities in western North Carolina were hit especially hard by the effects of Hurricane Helene, with catastrophic flooding destroying hundreds of roads and bridges. Access to several areas has been cut off, preventing crews from getting much-needed supplies like food, water and fuel to residents.
