“It’s been 45 days since Helene hit western North Carolina. There is STILL no clean drinking water in the city of Asheville. Trash is swinging from the trees 20 feet high. Kids in Yancey County won’t go back to school until late November. Where are the reporters?!” exclaimed X user Matt Van Swol. “We still need help!”

There was a sense of relief in the city, though some residents said they were still afraid to drink the water.

Asheville, North Carolina, residents now have safe drinking water after a boil notice was lifted Monday, more than seven weeks after Tropical Storm Helene struck on September 27.