Trees brought down during Hurricane Helene rest along the railroad tracks parallel to Old Highway 70 in Old Fort on Jan. 3, 2025.
Xavier Martin
Photojournalist
Trees brought down during Hurricane Helene block the culvert underneath the railroad tracks near Old Highway 70 in Old Fort on Jan. 3, 2025.
Trees brought down during Hurricane Helene rest along the railroad tracks parallel to Old Highway 70 in Old Fort on Jan. 3, 2025.
“I've seen what hurricanes can do, but not like this. I mean, I turned onto this road and just started to cry.”
Caldwell Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Bryan Moore and Brown Mountain Beach Resort manager Kelsey Wallace discuss Wilson Creek clean…
Brown Mountain Beach Resort Manager Kelsey Wallace carries a bundle of building debris.
Shovels and a garbage bag left by volunteers sit on a riverbank in Wilson Creek on Jan. 17, 2025. 25-30 volunteers came to help clean up the creek.
Caldwell Chamber of Commerce tourism board member Addie Faber, left, and Chris Faber remove a barrel from an island on Wilson Creek on Jan. 17, 2025.
Volunteer Shawn Allen, 47, uses a Bobcat mini excavator to remove a dead tree near Wilson Creek in Lenoir, NC on Jan. 17, 2025. Allen has been…