ERWIN, Tenn.—Rescue workers in Tennessee said Friday they have recovered the body of the final person still missing after massive flooding from Hurricane Helene hit a plastics factory there.
Rosa Andrade, 29, was one of six employees killed after they were unable to escape the rising waters around Impact Plastics in Erwin, a small town in East Tennessee. Surviving workers have stated they were not allowed to leave until water had flooded the plant’s parking lot and the power went out. Eleven people were swept away and only five were rescued.
The captain of Unicoi County Search and Rescue, Andrew Harris, said emergency workers discovered Andrade’s body on Wednesday, more than a month after the Sept. 27 flood of the Nolichucky River….