One year later, some farmers still feel Helene’s impacts

One year later, some farmers still feel Helene’s impacts

Sarah Torres never anticipated that her cows would be feeling the effects of Hurricane Helene a year later. Torres, a family dairy farmer at Cresthaven Farms in Grayson County, made preparations ahead of the storm that impacted Southwest Virginia in late September 2024. The main goal was to protect the farm’s approximately 150 dairy cows from the anticipated wind and rain. The farm is on a slope, so the animals were unlikely to be directly harme…