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Western N.C. faces lack of basic needs and uncertain future

A week after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of the Southeast, residents in some states are still trying to get the very basics. More than 200 are confirmed dead and hundreds remain unaccounted for. That makes it the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005. William Brangham reports.

Western N.C. faces lack of basic needs and uncertain future

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