The feds forgot this town but Helene did not.
Hurricane Helene rocked the Southeast over a week ago killing an estimated 232 people, yet some of the hardest hit are still waiting for the federal government to show up.
In North Carolina, where nearly 75,000 people are still without power, the isolated Appalachian town of Bat Cave — with a population of just 180 — has been left stranded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Residents say the elderly and injured were airlifted out by the National Guard and Henderson County officials following Helene, but all that’s left is a team of six Louisiana State Police on foot “keeping an eye on everything.”