In Florida, residents are, once again beginning the slow process of recovery. Milton was the second hurricane to take aim at the state in as many weeks.
Just 13 days earlier, Hurricane Helene hit Florida, then carved a 500 mile path of destruction north…killing more than 240 people. The deadliest storm to strike the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Katrina.
One of the areas hardest hit was western North Carolina…a region unaccustomed to hurricanes. Residents were caught off guard when the Appalachian mountain range that hugs the border of Tennessee acted like a funnel for the remnants of Helene… devastating the communities below…