National Guard rescues those stranded in western NC; hundreds unaccounted for WSOC TV [Video]

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — There’s a massive effort underway to help people impacted by Hurricane Helene.

By Monday morning, the death toll from the storm had nearly reached 100 people. Helicopters and rescue crews from over a dozen states are heading to North Carolina, and even a field hospital has been set up to help people in the area.

In Burke County, schools will be closed through Wednesday as that community works to recover. Channel 9′s Dave Faherty saw several heavily damaged roads across the county Sunday, including entire homes that had been swept away.

By Sunday, the water had gone down and Faherty was able to access some of the hardest-hit communities.

“Right there is where my son lived,” Virginia Creswell said.

Creswell showed Faherty where her son’s home used to sit along the Catawba River. Much of the house, along with seven others along Powerhouse Road near the dam for Lake James, was heavily damaged or destroyed by a wall …