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HARD BY THE STORM. ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES DEVASTATED IS CANTON IN HAYWOOD COUNTY, WITH HIGH FLOOD WATERS IMPACTING SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR ITS DOWNTOWN. OUR REY LLERENA REPORTS ON THE DAMAGE INSIDE OF THE TOWN AND ITS RECOVERY EFFORTS. EXPOSED WIRES, MUD ON THE WALLS. ALL THIS DAMAGE IS A REMINDER OF THE DEVASTATION HELENE BROUGHT TO CANTON. THOUGH VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN HERE CLEANING SINCE THE STORM PASSED, IT MAY BE MONTHS BEFORE THIS SPACE IS USABLE AGAIN. IT TOOK US FOUR DAYS JUST TO PIECE THE MUD. THE WORST PART OF THE MUD OUT OF THE BUILDING. BOBBY SHELTON AND VOLUNTEERS ARE SORTING THROUGH THE DAMAGE LEFT BY HELENES FLOODING. TO BETHEL, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, WE TAKE A LOT OF WATER DAMAGE. IT DIDNT. IT DIDNT DO AS MUCH DAMAGE AS SOME OF THEM HAD. BUT BLOW WINDOWS OUT AND MUD. LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF MUD. SOME OF THE SCHOOLS PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FENCES ALL TURNED INTO DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND BY THE STORM. WE WERE TOLD THREE YEARS AGO THIS WAS ONCE IN A LIFETIME STORM, AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN. CANTON MAYOR ZEB SMATHERS SAYS ITS THE WORST FLOOD TO HIT THE TOWN IN ITS HISTORY, DESTROYING SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND HOMES ALONG THE PIGEON RIVER, AN AREA HE SAYS HAS SUFFERED ECONOMICALLY. SO IF THOSE BUSINESSES WANT TO GET BACK OPEN, WE SUPPORT THEM 100%. IF THEY SAY WE CANT BE DOING THIS EVERY FEW YEARS, I RESPECT THAT AND ILL SUPPORT THEM. 100%. IN THE MEANTIME, HE SAYS, RECOVERY EFFORTS ARE AT FULL SPEED, USING LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PAST, BUT ITS A LONG WAY TO GO FORWARD. BUT THERE IS A PATH. WEVE WITNESSED IT HERE IN CANTON, SO I THINK THATS PART OF OUR OBLIGATION IS TO SAY TO OUR NEIGHBORS, THERE IS A PATH FORWARD. ITS GOING TO BE UPS AND DOWNS, BUT IT DOES EXIST AND HOPE REMAINS. WITH THE WATER LINE STILL VISIBLE FROM HELENES FLOOD. SHELTON SAYS ITS A REMINDER OF THE ONGOING CLEANUP FROM THE STORM. IT WILL TAKE A MINIMUM OF TWO MONTHS TO GET IT BEFORE IT WOULD BE EVEN CLOSE TO BEING USABLE. AS WE TAKE ONE LAST LOOK AT ALL THE MUD ON THE WALL, ITS A REMINDER THE MAYOR SAYS, OF ALL THE RECOVERY AND THE HELP THIS AREA WILL NEED FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.