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PVC pipes swept away by Hurricane Helene flooding still dominate cleanup of North Carolina river

PVC pipes swept away by Hurricane Helene flooding still dominate cleanup of North Carolina river
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They're piled on river banks, lodged in uprooted trees, embedded in sediment and jammed under logs. Many are tangled in mounds of debris up to two stories high. Two years after Hurricane Helene leveled forests, bulldozed houses and filled western North Carolina rivers with everything from cars to...

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