Disaster Date:09/26/2024
NC Bridges
Floods
What Happened
On thursday September 26, 2024 Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in the Big Bend area of Florida. The storm pushed inland into Georgia, South and North Carolina and southern Virginia. Western North Carolina rescue crews battled mudslides, flood waters, washed out roadways and limited mobile service making search and rescue extremely difficult.
What MDS Is Doing
MDS Volunteers will build private access bridges in Henderson County, NC as part of the Bridging Together Partnership. You will be sharing accommodations with the West Asheville response.
MDS needs some volunteers in each week to be skilled in welding and heavy equipment operating.
Location
Henderson County is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern North Carolina, on the border with South Carolina. The Eastern Continental Divide, which lies along the crest of the Blue Ridge, passes through the county. The northwestern slope of the Divide is known as the Blue Ridge Plateau and the southeastern slope as the Blue Ridge Escarpment.
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Weekly Reports
We had a total of 11 volunteers during the week of 11/17–11/21: 8 weekly volunteers and 3 leadership volunteers, working on the Albright and Gongage bridges in Hendersonville, and the Martin Bridge in Flat Rock. Our volunteers were from PA, VA, OH...
We had a total of 13 volunteers during the week of 11/9 to 11/14: 10 weekly volunteers and 3 leadership volunteers. They worked on the Beg Bridge in Black Mountain and the Albright and Gongage Bridges in Hendersonville. Our volunteers were from PA...
We had a total of 4 volunteers during this week 11/3-11/7, 1 Weekly, and 3 Leadership volunteers, to work on the Summey, Kaufmann, and Beg Bridges in Black Mountain, and the Albright and Gongage Bridges in Hendersonville. Our...
