WRAL is excited to announce the premiere of Helene: What We Lost, What We Found, a powerful new investigative documentary examining the devastation and resilience that followed Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina.
Helene was the most damaging storm in state history causing $60 billion in damage, destroying or damaging more than 185,000 homes, and claiming the lives of 108 people. Produced by WRAL’s award-winning documentary team, Cristin Severance and Dwayne Myers, the film takes viewers inside the communities hit hardest by Helene’s record flooding and mudslides. Helene documents what was lost in towns like Fairview, Swannanoa, Marshall, and Chimney Rock and what survivors and neighbors discovered in themselves as they began to rebuild.
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WRAL Anchor and Reporter Eric Miller and photojournalist Sean Braswell joined the WRAL Documentary Unit to capture the human stories behind the headlines. Together, the team talked to family members who are still grieving, heard from business owners trying to recover and found hope in the mountain communities forever changed by the storm.
“Hurricane Helene took so much from the people of North Carolina,” said Cristin Severance, WRAL’s Documentary Investigator. “What stood out to us was the strength of families and neighbors who refused to give up on each other.”
You can watch Helene: What We Lost, What We Found on WRAL.com, the WRAL News app, and on WRAL’s YouTube channel.