As we prepare to enter the new year, we’re taking you back to some of The Daily Wire’s best reporting from 2024. This article was originally published on October 14.
ROAN MOUNTAIN, Tenn. — Kathy Vorce huddled in a U-Haul truck with her 24-year-old son, 21-year-old daughter, and five cats as Hurricane Helene passed overhead. The heavy rains turned the Doe River that wove through the town of Roan Mountain into a torrent. The Vorces’ rental home on Main Street flooded along with most of the surrounding area.
Vorce and her family escaped the rising waters thanks to that U-Haul truck, which they had used to retrieve belongings from storage the day before. With her home given up for lost and her husband traveling for work, she had nowhere to go. With spotty service, Vorce scoured for updates on her phone when she read that the First Baptist Church of Roan Mountain was accepting…
