Rescue and evacuation efforts continue in western North Carolina, with many people still unaccounted for. There is also a widespread effort to get resources out to people in hard-to-reach areas of our state. We’ll check in with North Carolinians from Avery County and Buncombe County.

Then, WUNC’s Rusty Jacobs tells us how Helene’s impacts are reshaping the election with in-person early voting scheduled to start in two weeks. We also hear from a Duke Energy official about when power could return to the hundreds of thousands of people still in the dark.

Guests

Duncan McFadyen, freelance reporter based in Avery County, NC

Rusty Jacobs, WUNC's Voting and Election Integrity Reporter

Hope Turpin Turner, Buncombe County resident

Jeff Brooks, spokesperson for Duke Energy

Jaclyn Rothenberg, Public Affairs Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)