Amid Recovery in North Carolina, Hurricane Survivors Find Hope in Faith

When the flood receded, a North Carolina family returned to their house to find a Bible impaled on a post and opened to a verse about the hour of judgment.

Illustration by The Epoch Times, Jeff Louderback/The Epoch Times, Courtesy of Joey Brown

OLD FORT, N.C.—On a brisk January afternoon, Scotty Swann stood inside a shed equipped with a mattress on the floor, a TV on the wall, and a stack of clothes and supplies on the floor.

Along with an RV that was donated that day, the structure served as a temporary home for the U.S. Marine Corps veteran in an Old Fort neighborhood that was devastated by the floodwaters of Hurricane Helene.