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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Ulysse BELLIER

Drowned By Hurricane, Remote N.Carolina Towns Now Struggle For Water

Relief officials unload bottled water in North Carolina on October 3, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

Nicole Crane, exhausted, tearful and unwashed after a week of searching for a neighbor swept away by the raging waters of Hurricane Helene, dreams of taking a shower.

But she and the other 100,000 residents of the US town of Asheville, North Carolina are without fresh drinking water, forced to rely on bottled water -- or in some cases on river or spring water.

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