Four months after Tropical Storm Fred, Canton is still recovering - a podcast by Blue Ridge Public Radio - BPR News

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It's been four months since Tropical Storm Fred devastated Haywood County - leaving six dead and a long cleanup ahead. BPR takes us to Canton, one of the hardest hit areas, for a look at how the town is doing as the year ends. Caroline Ponton is the curator at the Canton Area Historical Museum in downtown Canton. Five months after the storm the museum still doesn't have power. "This is the basement. The first time I came here everything was decimated," said Ponton . Ponton shows around the bare

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