JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM TONIGHT, THE DEATH TOLL FROM HELENE IN NORTH CAROLINA NOW STANDS AT 42. IT COMES AS COMMUNITIES ARE WORKING TO CLEAN UP WHAT THOSE DEVASTATING FLOODWATERS LEFT BEHIND. JARED MCDARIS FROM OUR SISTER STATION BASED IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FLEW OVER THE AREA AND SHARES AN UPDATE ON WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE. SWANNANOA, NORTH CAROLINA, JUST OUTSIDE ASHEVILLE, WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS IN THE AFTERMATH OF HELENE. A LOT OF THE TOWN WAS FLOODED AFTER THE SWANNANOA RIVER ROSE OUT OF ITS BANKS. THE CLEANUP HAS JUST BEGUN IN THE AREA. CREWS WERE WORKING TO CLEAR DEBRIS TO BEGIN THE REPAIR PROCESS FOR THE WHITSETT AVENUE BRIDGE TODAY. MUD IS ALL OVER THE ROADWAYS AND DRIVEWAYS OF HOMES IN THE AREA. WHILE MANY IN SWANNANOA ARE TRYING TO GET BACK TO NORMALCY, THE
Forty-two storm-related deaths have been confirmed in North Carolina by the …