
Hurricane Helene Recovery Continues Amid Winter Cold in North Carolina
Recovery efforts continue in and around the particularly hard-hit historic community of Asheville where Catholics are coming together to rebuild.
Recovery efforts continue in and around the particularly hard-hit historic community of Asheville where Catholics are coming together to rebuild.
Catholic Charities has played a leading role in distributing emergency supplies and will also participate in long-term rebuilding efforts.
Bishop Frank Dewane of the Diocese of Venice called for prayer and action as the region recovers from a direct hit by the storm.
Modern Good Samaritans are hard at work on the internet superhighway as families flee ahead of Hurricane Milton.
Catholic agencies in western North Carolina have been mobilizing to help with relief efforts amid devastating flooding caused by the remnants of the hurricane.
When asked about how people are processing the tragedy, the bishop said it’s had a heavy emotional impact.
Since the storm passed on Friday, Msgr. Winslow said they have been able to make more contact with people and get more resources out.
The storm, which brought catastrophic flooding and damaging winds inland to Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas, has killed more than 50 people.
The hardest-hit diocese in southern Louisiana has been Houma-Thibodaux, as well as parts of the Dioceses of Baton Rouge and Lafayette and the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
Beryl was the earliest-forming Category 5 hurricane on record in the Atlantic Ocean.
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