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North Carolina Forms Task Force To Find Residents Missing Weeks After Hurricane Helene

Storm’s death toll in the state reaches 118 people, with nearly 600 roads closed in the western region.

Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP
FEMA employee Jirau Alvaro works with Daniel Mancini, doing a report on the damage to his property in rural Buncombe County, North Carolina. Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP
PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

A new task force will attempt to find nearly more than 80 people who are missing across the western part of North Carolina that was left devastated weeks ago by Hurricane Helene.

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PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news editor for the Messenger.

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