Residents of Boone say it could take months to recover fro Helene [Video]

SEVEN DAY FORECAST IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. LINDSEY. ALL RIGHT DAVE, THANK YOU. TONIGHT AT SIX IT’S BEEN ALMOST TWO WEEKS SINCE HURRICANE HELENE TORE THROUGH WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. AND WE’RE NOW HEARING FROM A SURVIVOR. SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THESE DAYS CONTINUE TO PASS, COMMUNITIES IN NEED ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. OUR JOSHUA DAVIS HAS OUR STORY TONIGHT FROM BOONE. THE DAMAGE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. BUSINESSES AND HOMES FLOODED THEIR CONTENTS PILED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO BE LATER THROWN AWAY. WHEREVER YOU GO, YOU SEE THE SCARS OF HURRICANE HELENE. NOW, WHEN I COME OUTSIDE, I JUST SMELL MOLD AND MUD AND JUST STANDING LIKE STANDING WATER. WHILE YOU CAN SEE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN SOME PARTS OF BOONE, SOME SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND COUNTIES HAVEN’T BEEN AS FORTUNATE. CHRISTIE COLERIDGE FROM AVERY COUNTY, HAS BEEN COMING TO BOONE FOR SUPPLIES EVERY DAY WITH …