HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — About three weeks after Hurricane Helene pummeled western North Carolina, the Hot Springs Community Center was still caked in mud. A paper sign hung on the door warning visitors to use “extreme caution” until the building could be inspected. The reason for the damage was scribbled at the top of the page: water inundation.
Like many other buildings in the town of about 500 people, flood waters left the center in ruin. That was one of many problems for election officials in Madison County, who had been planning to use the center as one of their three locations for early voting.
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