11 family members were tragically killed by Hurricane Helene

A family is struggling with unimaginable loss as a result of Hurricane Helene.

In Fairview, North Carolina, on September 27, 11 members died in a landslide triggered “without warning by unprecedented rainfall” from the intense storm Jesse Craig‘s family, according to a GoFundMe titled “Support the Craig family after a tragic loss.”

“My mom and dad, my aunt and uncle, my great aunt and uncle,” Jesse told the local news outlet ABC11. “I lost cousins, second cousins ​​and things like that, but a total of eleven people to this landslide.”

In addition to the devastating losses, the town of Fairview – affectionately known as “Craigtown” due to the family’s influence on the community over eight decades – experienced severe destruction.

“It’s unrecognizable now,” Jesse continued, “but this is where I was born and raised.”

Jesse’s wife IKenzie Craig is similarly affected by Hurricane Helene, which has killed at least 223 people per year NBC News.

“We’ll never understand it,” she told ABC11. “It’s our community and our city. I don’t know that it will ever be the same again. It was such a life-changing situation. I haven’t been able to process it yet. It’s still not new because it feels like it was ages ago.