Mobile showers, power outages, thousands of buildings destroyed: North Carolina rebuilds

Thousands remain without power in the North Carolina mountains as providers continue working to turn the lights on nearly three weeks after Helene.

Temperatures dropping to around freezing is a new hurdle that many areas will be dealing with until the end of the week.

Many people in western North Carolina remain missing in the wake of the catastrophic disaster left by Hurricane Helene.

Governor Roy Cooper provided the latest number of people unaccounted for in the hardest-hit area of the state.

The governor stressed that 92 was not a definitive count as the task force continues its work.
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[joandevries]

Wear a hat whenever you're cold. A candle with a pot of water over it (fondue style) will provide hot water for washing, tea, rice.... and soft lighting. I'm 24 years without electricity. Prayers from Canada!

[calgaines]

2004 was worse than 1916 ... He may have missed that fact ...

[mgmassey]

My daughter, three grandchildren . Daughter forty, children, approximately three, thirteen and twenty. Swannanoa, Bee tree area . Awaiting news of a deae friend who's missing as well.

[Terry-mphp]

I am homeless and have a negative 10 degree sleeping bag.I will not go to a shelter where all the drug addicts and criminals are, I will stay warm in my sleeping bag instead.

[bellabella]

There are literally thousands of generators, outdoor grills and heaters flowing into WNC, why arent the locals distributing them?

[OWK]

There is so much fallen wood out there, people just need woodstoves and chainsaws. Not everyone has a woodstove or house, tho. I've seen emergency woodstove situations with piping going out windows: takes bricks, masonary and metal flashing. Propane and white gas camp stoves are nice. As are those little woodgas stoves. Those little wood gas stoves are cheap and light and easy. As long as you have twigs or little pieces of wood, you can heat water or cook with a pan or pot on a wood gas stove. They've got lots of woody twigs and such out there.