East Tennessee churches spring into action, serve after Hurricane Helene

ROAN MOUNTAIN, Tenn. – The raging flood waters trapped one of Geren Street’s neighbors as he tried to escape in his truck. First responders were able to quickly answer the neighbor’s distress call and freed him from the vehicle as the force of the water pinned the truck door closed.

In the days following that storm, Street housed the man at First Baptist Church of Roan Mountain along with several other families who lost everything when Hurricane Helene’s rainfall sent historic flood waters cascading through the Appalachian region.