Search Crews With Cadaver Dogs Wade Through Muck Of Communities ‘Wiped Off The Map’ By Helene

LOADING ERROR LOADING SWANNANOA, N.C. — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolina on Tuesday looking for more victims of Hurricane Helene days after the storm carved a deadly and destructive path through the Southeast. “Communities were wiped off the map,” North Carolina’s governor, Roy Cooper, said at a news conference Tuesday. I’d rather die right here than live homeless.” Search crews look for victims in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Swannanoa, N.C. via Associated Press Workers, community members, and business owners clean up debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Marshall, North Carolina on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. “She says she doesn’t want to see her room full of toys, all thrown everywhere.” Storm debris in the waters of Lake Lure in Rutherford County, N.C., near the village of Chimney Rock, as seen from overhead from a North Carolina National Guard plane on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. via Associated Press Mobile service knocked out The widespread damage and outages affecting key communications infrastructure left many people without stable access to the internet and cellular service, the Federal Communications Commission said.