Houses, huge poles, trees, and almost everything else were wrecked as Hurricane Helene passed through Swannanoa, NC. Taylor's footage offers a distressing look at the abysmal state of the community. It’s tough to even imagine the losses that people incurred during the disaster.

After hitting Florida’s Gulf Coast, Helene tore through the Southeast, unleashing historic rain and flooding in parts of Georgia and the Carolinas and leaving dozens of people dead and millions without power.

After Hurricane Helene, residents of Swannanoa, a mountain town in North Carolina, return to flattened homes, impassable roads and raw emotions.

The situation is dire. Many North Carolina communities haven’t had fresh water, internet or cell service for multiple days.

As people headed toward First Baptist Church Swannanoa on Sunday, it was impossible to forget what had happened to their small mountain community in western North Carolina. Scattered across the landscape were broken pieces of life before the remnants of Hurricane Helene barreled through: chunks of asphalt,

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