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Top Stories: 'So many hollers': Appalachia's remote terrain slows recovery from Helene

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Thu Oct 3 2024

'So many hollers': Appalachia's remote terrain slows recovery

Carolyn and Clifford Coffee at their home in Meat Camp, North Carolina. Officials say homes set between steep Appalachian hillsides and along creeks, which make them vulnerable to landslides and flooding, also pose challenges for recovery and rebuilding.

In rural Appalachia, where landslides scarred slopes and water thundered into narrow valleys, Helene's acute impact renews focus on future mitigation.

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