Helene devastated towns in western North Carolina. Three weeks later, dozens of people are missing and thousands are without power. Volunteers, donations and search and rescue teams have poured in.

See photos as residents living in Asheville, N.C., and the surrounding areas continue to re-build following flooding brought by Tropical Storm Helene.

In McDowell County, at the eastern base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, students from Old Fort Elementary are returning to class Monday – but not to their school building.