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FEED 3 responded in full force days after Hurricane Harvey impacted Western North Carolina. Teams have arrived representing FEED 3 on Black Mountain, Swannanoa, Morganton, and Boone, North Carolina. Capturing the impact of Hurricane Helene, a film crew began capturing the devastation that impacted a region the size of the country of Belgium. Hundreds of thousands of residents found themselves unexpectedly overwhelmed with rising streams and rivers three days prior to the actual arrival of the hurricane inland North Carolina. The flooding engulfed the city of Asheville and Swannanoa leaving them without power, emergency services, and infrastructure to handle the impact.

Outlaying areas that reached higher elevations into the Appalachian mountains were hit even harder. Massive mudslides began engulfing hundreds if not thousands of residents, schools, children homes, and businesses. Bridges in every region were taking out by rushing waters carrying whole houses, freight trains, and massive one hundred year old trees. Families in houses huddling against the 3 day torrential rainstorms and rising rivers, were caught unaware until the last minute when rushing water came into their houses with force of a tsunami. Entire familes were lost. Numerous accounts of families losing loved ones as they attempted to navigate rising waters and then were swept away to their deaths.

Local emergency rescue services and recovery operations expect the death toll to be at least 800 and rising. Two weeks after the tragedy, there have been reports of families still stranded in higher elevations with road access cut off. FEED 3 partners on the ground have been reaching these areas with needed services and lifesaving equipment. Please continue to give at fee3.org so we can reach these families with tents, sleeping bags, stoves and food.

Most recently, FEED 3 helped bring in three trucks of supplies into these areas in a partnership with Operation Providing Hope, a medial relief organization.