A social media user claims that Hurricane Helene’s victims stand to lose their shelter — and their children — after the storm. Helene hit western North Carolina on Sept. 27, causing record flooding in the state’s mountainous areas.

North Carolina Hurricane Helene victims are struggling and feeling forgotten as winter approaches. Temperatures are dropping, and many hurricane survivors are living in tents or trailers without insulation.

Human traffickers are trickling into western North Carolina to exploit the trail of vulnerability that Hurricane Helene left in its wake, a law enforcement representative warned at a recent North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission meeting.