4 Buncombe County students dead due to Hurricane Helene
Four students in the Buncombe County Schools district have died from the impacts of Helene.
Buncombe County Schools (BCS) Superintendent Rob Jackson confirmed this news Friday during a Board of Education meeting. The names of the students were not released.
"I'm extremely brokenhearted to share that since the storm's arrival, we've also lost four of our students," he said. "In that loss, and in the tragedy, what we have seen is a response, where I believe that we can take pride in and be heartened by, as we've seen neighbor reach out to neighbors, as we've seen the hands come forward to say what can I do for you?"