The wildfire strikes an inland region of North Carolina that is still recovering from the damage wrought by Hurricane Helene in September.

While he has expressed support for North Carolina residents, the president has criticized California’s Democratic leaders and threatened to withhold federal aid from the state.

Can a city lose an entire neighborhood now and simply shuffle on, dragging the local memory like a ghost limb?

The extended Craig family has suffered an unthinkable loss after landslides slammed into their North Carolina town during Hurricane Helene. The survivors are trying to move forward.