Marshall residents stay strong after Helene rips through small town [Video]

MARSHALL, N.C. (WGHP) — Marshall, North Carolina, is feeling the impacts of Hurricane Helene over a week after flood waters washed through the town.

Now, residents are digging the dirt out of their businesses and homes. It’s a process the town has been doing every day since the mud was two feet deep in some areas.

Karl Koga lived in the upstairs area of his building and was building a business on the first level of his building.

A 14-foot ceiling protected his upstairs, but the downstairs was wiped away. Before the weather got bad, Koga left, but it was a neighbor who told him what happened to his building.

“I didn’t want to see it. My friend Joel that lives by the jail … said he was at the courthouse watching my window bust in,” Koga said.

His neighbors tried to help him before the flood waters hit to …