There is definitely a lot more infrastructure today than back in 1916. FEMA has to help them rebuild and so does the state. Asheville is a major city there with maybe 100,000 people in need of big time help. The people in the mountains need help too. I don't know how many people live there.

Sadly, we don't really have an inquiring press anymore. They just cover up for Democrat failures. There is alternative media there. SaraACarter.com actually goes there and posts interviews with residents that live there. Nick Sortor is an excellent investigative reporter. Here he is on the Real America show on OAN. He tells the truth about NC and the pictures of the devastation says it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJSEg9dK-KE

They have a long road back.