The Mountain Island Lake community of Mecklenburg County was hit hard by Helene.Homes along the Catawba River completely floated away.Many of the homes in the neighborhood have Charlotte addresses.Because the location hasn’t been declared a disaster area yet, residents are struggling to find any kind of assistance.”Everyone is just cleaning up for themselves,” said Mountain Island Lake Resident Devon Freund, whose home is now flooded. “There has been no outside help.”When the storm cleared from the Mountain Island Lake community, so, too, did people’s livelihoods. “So there are 17 homes on our street, and four of them are completely gone,” said Andrew Freund. “Like, they went into the water and floated away,” added Devon. “You go back, and there’s a hole where they used to be.”Homes were completely washed away by Helene, as floodwaters caused the Catawba River to rise.”When the floods were getting really high, my neighbor and I …
