It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins still had not heard from his parents.

Sam Perkins spent Saturday trudging through dangerous terrain to check on his parents, whose home was hit hard by Hurricane Helene.

( NewsNation) — One man trekked 11 miles to check on his parents after Hurricane Helene ravaged North Carolina, and he didn’t hear from them for two days. Sam Perkins said on “ NewsNation Now ” that the situation in Ashville is “dire.”