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(The Center Square) – The long rebuilding process is just beginning for many in Asheville, North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene devastated the community. The storm dumped around 30 inches of rain in some places around western North Carolina, swelling rivers and causing catastrophic flooding and mudslides in many communities. Fatalities in North Carolina alone reached 102 this week. Katherine Jowers, 90, who’s lived in the same Asheville home for 54 years, didn’t know how she was going to clean up before volunteers arrived last week at her door. The water “started creeping up pretty fast,” Jo…