It’s only been a few days since the storm walloped North Carolina and other states. But if voting is affected in the battleground, Republicans in rural areas are poised to feel it the most.

Prior to his stint as Missouri‘s head coach, Eli Drinkwitz spent one year as the head coach at Appalachian State, where he went 12-1 and full ingratiated himself in the community. Now that same community is reeling from the impacts of Hurricane Helene,

Deadly Hurricane Helene left huge areas of Southeastern states devastated with communities cut off and scores of people unaccounted for. NBC News' Jay Gray reports from Boone, North Carolina, where the catastrophe has left residents stunned.