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.

While hiking, Perkins said he ran into multiple people trapped due to the devastated highway. For more than three-and-half hours, Perkins said he hiked 11 miles (17.7 kilometres) and 2,200 feet (670.5 metres) high to finally reach his parents’ home.

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.

For more than three-and-a-half hours, Sam Perkins said he hiked 11 miles and 2,200 feet high to finally reach his parents' home near Spruce Pine.

Sam Perkins grew concerned on Saturday morning as he had not hearing from his parents after Helene tore through western parts of North Carolina - before being forced to trek to their home as his attem