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The mountain town ravaged by Helene reopens to visitors
Almost 9 months after Helene ravaged west of North Carolina, small cities like Marshall are finally open to visitors. Some companies say they are thriving after months of reconstruction: “I returned Sunday after the storm and I had to crawl through M
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Marshall, NC – Almost nine months have passed since Hurricane Helene has made its way through the west of North Carolina, washing houses and businesses.
In the small mountain town of Marshall, just 30 minutes north of Asheville, business owners are impatient for visitors. The main city is located along the French river, which Rose almost 25 feet During the storms of Helene, calculated by the US Geological Survey.
The city has reopened in May and each week, other companies open their doors.
Some business owners still remember the slot of mud covered on the ground, covering their goods as a cover.
“I had no words, I mean I was crying,” said Connie Molland, co-founder of Flow Gallery. “Entering this space and seeing what we had left was all changed everywhere and covered with mud.”
Popular destinations of North Carolina always recovering from Hélène
Molland said before the storm, she tried to bring together as much hand made by hand as she could. The gallery has lost around 30% of his works of art in Hélène.
The gallery was not the only company crushed under the anger of Helene.
Many companies have reported a thick layer of mud covering the soil of their establishment.
The owner of the Zuma coffee, Joel Friedman, says that he had to climb through his windows just to enter his cafe.
“All these windows broke out, all the content came out with it. All the tables, the chairs, the equipment. It was total destruction,” he told Fox.
Friedman and Molland say that volunteers from all over the country have come to their door. Wear protective equipment, transport tools and ready to work.
The co-founder, Connie Molland, says that more than eight inches of mud filled her gallery after Helene.
“This is what made us advance during this period,” said Molland, “people introduced themselves and felt good in the way they helped us.”
Nine months later and small businesses in Marshall, NC reopens.
Friedman has the same story, “as soon as everyone could come to the city center, they were here with shovels and wheelbarrows and they went to work.”
Flow Gallery opened its doors at the end of March and it’s been six weeks since the Zuma coffee invited the locals.
“It was like a victory, there are just small victories every day before the final,” Ahhh, we did it “”, explains Friedman.
“It’s back to the place where he was, or maybe even a little better.”
People from all over the country have volunteered to help repair damage.
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Several companies rebuild and prepare to reopen their doors.
