Couple who lost home in Hurricane Helene joined by Gov. Youngkin in ribbon cutting ceremony for new build
A couple of Sinan in Virginia, who died almost during Hurricane Helen, rebuilt their house by a group of volunteers and non -profit organizations, making it one of many houses that will be rebuilt to the storm victims.
The new home of Karl and Linda McMouri, which was built by Minunite for Disaster Service (MDS), was celebrated on Friday with local leaders during the cutting ceremony, including state governor Glenn Youngin and Prosecutor Morgan Griffiths, R-VA.
The total project to rebuild the role of victims is expected to cost about $ 1.4 million. Funding comes from a mixture of public and private sources, including Washington Province, Damascus City, UNIDER WAY, individual donors and private institutions.
The governor of the state Glenn Yongen joins the spouses to attend the strip cutting ceremony for their new home after his destruction in Hurricane Helen. (The Office of the Governor of Glenn Youngin)
Last October, when the flood water exploded in McMuri’s house, the couple was forced to take over on the second floor and wear the escape jackets. The house began to collapse, and Karl wipes in the direction of the waterway by heavy rain water before finally clinging to a tree for hours until one of the neighbors monitored and saved a helicopter after about four hours.
Meanwhile, Linda remained besieged on its own on the second dark floor of the remainder of their home, using only the light from its hour to see the Afghan blankets to stay warm.
She said, according to Local news report.
She was rescued after 16 hours. The couple, who married 57 years old, believes that the other was lost in front of the flood until they did not reunite them.
“There are still many families who need the same feeling of opportunity, cucumber and rebuilding that Linda and Carle enjoy today,” Yongen said during his speech.
“There were heroes everywhere, and that was a moment when we needed the heroes,” she said. “The number of water rescue operations was amazing, and this is amen.”
“He didn’t know if the other had survived, but when Linda finally entered Karl Hospital“Their prayers have been answered,” Yongen said.
The residents of Dandridge, Tin, described Hurricane Helen as a “intestine”. One of the residents said that the debris was very thick, and I felt it could “walk on the water.” (Cody generation)
MDS has offered free workers and thousands of volunteer hours to build the new McMurrays home. Its counterpart, stormy, skilled workers weekly to help the site. Volunteers often rotate for a week at one time, deal with multiple houses and provide experience in everything from roofing to the frame.
Youngin’s office said every home costs about $ 130,000. House owners are required to share approximately 10 % – between $ 11,000 and 12,000 dollars – including them Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster assistance. The rest is covered with paths to recovery, which is non -profit that regulates reconstruction. They pay for materials, coordinating deals such as plumbing and electricity, and they work directly with MDS to maintain construction on the specified date.
The MDS project manager remains full -time on the site for weeks simultaneously to keep things moving.
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The governor of the state Glenn Yongen joins the survivors of Hurricane Helen to attend the strip cutting ceremony for their new home. (The Office of the Governor of Glenn Youngin)
Helen HurricaneSeries 4 storm that struck the Gulf Coast in late September 2024, caused widespread destruction in southwest Virginia, especially in the provinces of Gresson, Smith, Tazwell, Washington, Wise and Wathi, as well as the city of Galax.
The storm closed hundreds of roads and bridges, leaving many people isolated in their cities. Nearly 310,000 Virginia lost power and was affected by 3700 farms, which caused damage to more than $ 630 million.
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After the destruction, Youngkin created the Hurin Hurin and rebuilding office to coordinate federal and state recovery efforts. The office is led by the chief employee of the Rob Ward.
Virginia did not receive $ 4.4 billion of federal financing that Youngin requested in November to recover from the disaster. In January, Vice President JD Vance traveled DamascusIt is a city on the southwestern edge of the country, which was one of the most difficult areas and criticized the response of the previous administration to destroy.
“The work of the local government, the state government is working as much as possible, local communities, non -profit organizations and churches is working very quickly, however, you have the federal government there, the largest institution with most of the money, does not perform its function. It leads to the house is very better.”
Audrey Konklin of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
