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Boone residents deal with aftermath of Helene [Video]

EVERYONE TO PLEASE BE PATIENT. UNPRECEDENTED. HISTORIC. NEVER BEFORE SEEN. THESE ARE SOME OF THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FLOODING FROM PEOPLE TODAY IN BOONE. TROPICAL STORM HELENE BROUGHT TORRENTIAL RECORD BREAKING RAIN TO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS, AND WE WANT TO CHECK IN NOW WITH WXII 12 KENNY BECK WHO SPENT THE DAY THERE TAKING IN THE SIGHTS. HE JOINS US LIVE FROM YADKIN COUNTY, WHERE ONE OF THE DEATHS REPORTED IN OUR STATE OCCURRED. NOW, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, KENNY, FROM DECADES OF COVERING THESE STORMS, WE HEAR WARM WATERS FUEL THESE SYSTEMS. MOUNTAINS BREAK THEM UP. I THINK PEOPLE WERE VERY SURPRISED BY WHAT WE SAW IN BOONE. ABSOLUTELY. CHRISTINE. AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SPOKE WITH TODAY MADE THAT VERY COMMENT. WE ARE LIVE THIS EVENING IN HAMPTONVILLE. WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE DEATH THAT OCCURRED HERE TODAY IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD, BUT …

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