Help for NC High Country residents post-Helene [Video]

AVERY COUNTY, N.C. — People living in North Carolina’s High Country are putting out the call for help in unconventional ways, as many deal with flooding, impassable roadways, power outages and failing cell phone service.

Scott Carew, who was stuck in Elk River in Avery County, was one of many who put the plea out online, hoping someone would rescue the community after it was cut off from everyone else.

“Residents of Elk River in Banner Elk are completely stranded,” he wrote, in an email to WCNC Charlotte, sharing a photo of an impassable bridge he said was the only way in and out of the community. “We have no power, water, cell service. We do have a generator and WiFi at the clubhouse, which is how we are sending this. Most of the residents are elderly, and there is no way to …