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Senator Kevin Corbin, R-Macon, has seen the devastation all too close to home. He represents the eight westernmost counties in the state. Four have extensive and widespread damage, including Haywood County, where Corbin saw an landslide the width of a football field.
“Based on the estimates I saw in the trees, it looked like it was 30-, 40-feet tall as it came down the mountain,” Corbin told WCNC Charlotte’s content partner WRAL Thursday.