Helene Aftermath: Buncombe County Sheriff Reports Up to 30 Excess Fatalities Initially Attributed to Storm
Asheville, N.C. — A significant error has led Buncombe County officials to drastically overstate the number of fatalities linked to the recent Helene disaster, the local law enforcement chief revealed on Monday. According to Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller, the earlier reported death toll was inflated by as many as 30 due to what he described as “a serious miscommunication.” In the chaotic aftermath of the disaster, rescue operations and data collection were swamped with …