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Scars on the Mountain is a documentary that chronicles the inland devastation caused when Hurricane Helene stalled over North Carolina in late 2024. It focuses heavily on Yancey County and the communities surrounding Mount Mitchell.
Transcript
00:03We're in the mountains. We're 300 miles away from the coast and we had a hurricane.
00:13In my opinion, it was the perfect storm.
00:16There was an unspoken fear of whether your own family had even survived the storm or not.
00:21This was a storm of biblical proportions. It was something that we thought we'd never see in our lifetime.
00:29It's not supposed to be like this up here.
00:32People were fighting for their lives on September the 27th.
00:39Mother Nature always wins. Always.
00:57They're fighting for you.
00:57They're fighting for you.

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