Drinking water crisis in North Carolina, days after flooding disaster

Access to water is a critical need in western North Carolina as the region struggles days after the flooding disaster caused by Hurricane Helene. Many of the pipes that deliver the water were washed away. Some families are still trying to get in touch with loved ones who haven't been heard from. NBC News' Sam Brock reports.

Desperate families are still waiting for word about missing loved ones, days after the flooding disaster in Tennessee. Some of the missing worked at a plastics factory that was inundated by the flooding. NBC News' Kathy Park reports.

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