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Key Facts: After Helene: Ongoing Search for Missing Persons
Oct 01 24 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: abcnews.go.com
- Hurricane Helene caused devastating destruction in North Carolina, where John Norwood and his fiancée Julie le Roux sought shelter in a neighbor's house.
- A mudslide destroyed the shelter, resulting in Norwood's rescue while le Roux remains unaccounted for.
- The storm led to at least 40 fatalities in Buncombe County, with numerous individuals still missing, prompting extensive search and rescue efforts by authorities.
- Uncertainty surrounds the missing person's count as many may simply be out of contact, with hopes that some are still alive.
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