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How many people are still missing in western North Carolina two months after Hurricane Helene? WFMY News 2 contacted 30 Emergency Management offices for information. Here's what we found.
In the past few days, social media accounts on X and TikTok have used Hurricane Helene People Finder to amplify unfounded claims about the number of missing people in Western North Carolina.
— The death toll from Hurricane Helene has risen to 175 and hundreds are still missing as a result of the storm and its aftermath, with many caught in historic flooding across southeastern...
While rescue teams continue looking for missing individuals, family members have turned to social media to get the word out. A community-sourced list with almost 2,000 names of people thought missing was created. Since Helene hit, many names have gone from "missing" to "found."
One group on Facebook, Hurricane Helene Safety Check-in, has been circulating information and lists of names of people who have been accounted for and has also helped people try and find...
As of Friday, there are 75 active missing person cases in Asheville, located in Buncombe County, according to Sean Aardema, the city’s deputy chief of police. Below are some of the people who...
A community-sourced list with almost 2,000 names of people thought missing was created. Since Helene hit, many names have gone from "missing" to "found."
Eleven people from one North Carolina family were killed in Fairview, North Carolina in a mudslide brought on by Hurricane Helene. The Craig family, who have lived in the Appalachian Mountain...
According to The Associated Press, more than 215 people have died from the storm so far, with 72 of those deaths in Buncombe County, North Carolina, alone. The number is expected to rise as officials and volunteers continue searching for the missing. Helene is now the deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005.
At least 92 people are still unaccounted for in North Carolina as first responders sort through the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, weeks after the storm devastated the western part of the...