Shelby Holzhauser

Hurricane Helene devastates Swannanoa, over 200 dead

Hurricane Helene swept over the mountains last week before dawn, bringing a torrent of water that reached the mailbox of Shelby Holzhauser’s small white house by the Swannanoa River. For days, she had to wear a backpack and navigate past heaps of debris left by the storm to obtain food and water. “There’s no power, no water,” Holzhauser mentioned as…