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'People are just scrambling' - North Carolina reels from devastating storm

On Monday, Mayor Patrick Fitzsimmons found himself at the epicentre of a disaster zone.His town of Weaverville, North Carolina, had no electricity and no power. Only one grocery store was operational, utility poles had gone down, the town’s water plant had flooded and people had been without safe drinking water for four days, he told the BBC.

'People are just scrambling' - North Carolina reels from devastating storm

On Monday, Mayor Patrick Fitzsimmons found himself at the epicentre of a disaster zone.His town of Weaverville, North Carolina, had no electricity and no power. Only one grocery store was operational, utility poles had gone down, the town’s water plant had flooded and people had been without safe drinking water for four days, he told the BBC.

'People are just scrambling' - North Carolina reels from devastating storm

On Monday, Mayor Patrick Fitzsimmons found himself at the epicentre of a disaster zone.His town of Weaverville, North Carolina, had no electricity and no power. Only one grocery store was operational, utility poles had gone down, the town’s water plant had flooded and people had been without safe drinking water for four days, he told the BBC.