Elk Park North Carolina residents recount Helene tragedy [Video]

STORM AND ITS DESTRUCTION HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. RECOVERY EFFORTS REMAIN AFTER HELENE. THE AVERY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS SEARCH EFFORTS CONTINUE AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY TAKING THINGS ONE DAY AT A TIME. OUR SARAH SOWERS SPOKE TO RESIDENTS ALONG PARK ELM FALLS WHO WITNESSED HOMES FLOAT DOWN ALONG THE RIVER. I SPOKE WITH A MAN WHO SAYS HE IS STILL HEARTBROKEN AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO TWO OF HIS NEIGHBORS, THE DEVASTATION AROUND HIM, HE SAYS, MAKES THIS CORNER OF AVERY COUNTY NEARLY UNRECOGNIZABLE. IF IT HAPPENED ONCE, IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN AND MORE THINGS YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THE TRAGEDY OF LOSING A HOME IS LOSING A DREAM. JOHN BEAR SAYS FOR MANY NEIGHBORS, THAT VACATION HERE, ELK RIVER FALLS, IS AN ESCAPE FROM REALITY. BUT FOR HIM, IT’S HOME. 30FT OF FLOODING, NEARLY REACHED THE ONLY ROAD IN AND OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY. IT CAME …