A 'forgotten' valley in storm-hit North Carolina, desperate for help
The Peninsula
Pensacola, United States: The only road to Pensacola, in the remote mountains of western North Carolina, is now a muddy path through deep, twisting go...
Pensacola, United States: The only road to Pensacola, in the remote mountains of western North Carolina, is now a muddy path through deep, twisting gorges.
Its main bridges were swept away last week in floods fueled by devastating Hurricane Helene -- and a cold winter is coming.
"Every major bridge into town is completely gone," Christy Edwards, a resident of the valley, told AFP.
She was speaking near the site of her former craft shop -- carried away by the fast-moving floodwaters.
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