As the weather gets colder, displaced residents all across Western North Carolina are struggling to find places to stay warm.Many people had their homes washed away by Helene and have had to resort to living out of RVs, campers and tents.There are so many eye-opening stories about the impacts of the storm. “We’re still living like this,” said Dara Cody, who lost her home in Helene. “And it’s not a fun way to live.”Dara has been living out of an RV on her property, where her home once stood.That day, the storm tore through the town of Swannanoa, and lives were changed forever.It took only seconds for waters to wash away what residents like Dara had spent a lifetime building.”We thought we were going to come back and clean up mud,” she said. “We had no idea the extent of the devastation—we had no idea this happened.” She pointed to …
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