Twelve months after a devastating landslide and flooding tore through western North Carolina, hundreds of families remain displaced, their communities fractured and daily lives upended. The Long Road Home, a new documentary produced in partnership with Hearst station WXII, captures the voices of survivors still searching for stability — and the volunteers fighting alongside them.

“We Just Want to Go Home”

What once were bustling neighborhoods are now empty stretches of land. More than 60 homes were lost, and with them, the daily routines that bind communities together — school drop-offs, morning commutes, neighbors greeting each other across fences. One survivor sums it up simply: “You don’t see your friends every day. You don’t get up and go to work anymore. And the biggest thing is, we

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