A year after the storm, Helene, ravaged western North Carolina, some are trying to make sense of it all through creative expression, an outlet that has blossomed for centuries in this region.

A year after the storm, Helene, ravaged western North Carolina, some are trying to make sense of it all through creative expression, an outlet that has blossomed for centuries in…

After the storm ripped through communities across the South, some are still picking up the pieces. Here are some of their stories.