Ураганът Хелен измести хиляди студенти. Some struggled to get back on track with school
SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — When 12-year-old Natalie Briggs visited the ruins of her home after Hurricane Helene, she had to tightrope across a wooden beam to reach what was once her bedroom.
Knots of electrical wires were draped inside the skeleton of the house. Месеци след бурята светлината се филтрира през счупвания в брезентите над прозорците. “All I could think of was, ‘This isn’t my house,’ ” said Natalie, who had been staying in her grandparents’ basement.
At school, Natalie sometimes had panic attacks when she thought of her ruined home in Swannanoa.
“There were some points where I just didn’t want people to talk to me about the house — or just, like, talk to me at all, ” Natalie сподели.
Хиляди студенти в Западна Северна Каролина изгубиха домовете си преди година, когато Хелен удари с някои от най -порочните наводнения, свлачища и вятър, виждан в миналото в Апалачийския район на страната, считан в миналото за „ климатично леговище “. В цялата страна повече от 2500...
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