# @propublica on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLIuy_qyjFz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34003295-propublica-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b178207e82.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-06-20T20:46:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** ProPublica (@propublica) — https://gondola.cc/propublica

## Caption

Ahead of the start of the June hurricane season, ProPublica reporters Jennifer Berry Hawes and Cassandra Garibay spent months investigating how much was lost in the devastation of Hurricane Helene. So many survivors shared stories of incredible trauma and loss.

As Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few grasped what was coming.

Listen to one survivor’s firsthand account of loss, devastation and hope that changes are made to protect the future of inland communities like his own in Cattail Creek. 

#hurricanehelene #helene #hurricanesurvivor #northcarolina #storms

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## Tags

hurricanehelene, storms, helene, hurricanesurvivor, northcarolina

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