A Georgia man is thanking God after narrowly surviving being stranded within the North Carolina mountains throughout and instantly after Hurricane Helene devastated the state on September 27.
Kyle Vargas of McDonough, Georgia hiked 13 miles on foot by the mountains after being stranded within the Tar Heel state whereas visiting Ashland together with his brother for a piece journey.
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“Just to look around and see trees everywhere and cars in sinkholes and stuff smashed…like I never seen anything like that before,” Vargas advised FOX 5 Atlanta. “Man, I could cry right now… He just always showing me He got me.”
Kyle Vargas and his brother fled Asheville on foot over concern for his spouse after Hurricane Helene. (WAGA)
Vargas stated that strangers provided the 2 males rides alongside the way in which, which they documented with video, and God helped him discover his manner again dwelling to his spouse. The 2 made it dwelling with out the usage of GPS and after Vargas’ spouse had given up on the lookout for them.
“I knew God was just sending people our way,” stated Vargas to FOX 5 Atlanta. “All it did was improve my religion in God.”
The Vargas brothers turned to evacuate the world on foot after being stranded for in the future within the space over concern for Kyle’s spouse. Many mountain roads have been made nonfunctional for vehicles by downed bushes and mudslides.
Vargas credit God together with his protected return dwelling after the devastation of Hurricane Helene. (WAGA)
“We didn’t think the storm was going to cause as much damage as it caused on the mountain that it did,” stated Vargas to FOX 5 Atlanta. “Basically, we were trapped…we were stuck.”
The trek by the mountains took hours and the brothers had virtually no cellphone service.
Kyle Vargas stated he and his brother needed to rinse off their boots in a close-by river to take away caked-on mud. (WAGA)
“We walked about 13 miles climbing over trees, walking through the mud that slid down on the road from the landslides, we had to rinse our feet off in a river,” stated Vargas to FOX 5 Atlanta.
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The newest variety of deaths recorded from the affect of Hurricane Helene is 225 as of the publishing of this text.
