OLD FORT, N.C.—On a brisk January afternoon, Scotty Swann stands inside a shed equipped with a mattress on the floor, a TV on the wall, and a stack of clothes and supplies on the floor.
Along with an RV that was donated that day, the structure serves as a temporary home for the United States Marine Corps veteran in an Old Fort, North Carolina neighborhood that was devastated by the floodwaters of Hurricane Helene.
Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region on Sept. 26 as a Category 4 hurricane. It left a swath of destruction throughout the Southeast extending to western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee….