Karen Zatkulak, who worked at KTVB, is now living and working in Asheville, N.C. She is safe from Hurricane Helene, but not without severe effects.
Hurricane Helene made landfall Sept. 27, and a week later, the situation is still dire. Karen Zatkulak, who worked as an anchor and reporter at KTVB from 2014-2016, lives and works in Asheville, N.C. now with her four kids.
Zatkulak is safe from the storm, but said her home still doesn’t have running water or any phone service. She said the storm was worse than anyone could have even predicted.
“It’s heartbreaking to see and just to know that so many people lost homes, so many people lost lives, the death toll continues to rise every day,” Zatkulak said. “It’s just really tough to see your city go through something like this.”
Asheville is a mountainous region – which Zatkulak said makes it unable to …