The North Carolina Medical Examiner System and Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are engaged with North Carolina Emergency Management to provide identification and care of persons who perished from Hurricane Helene. We are also working diligently on all other medical examiner cases that arise during this time.
If you are seeking the location of a person missing as a result of Hurricane Helene, we cannot provide you any information.
We cannot accept any information about missing persons or who you are looking for. The following options may help:
- Telephone
- Call NC211 (1-888-892-1162). To report a missing person or request a welfare check, press 1 once you are connected to reach an operator.
- Internet
- Visit www.nc211.org to submit a request for a person to be included in the search and rescue efforts coordinated by United Way – North Carolina.
Visit the Red Cross website to help find your loved one. https://www.redcross.org/get-help/disaster-relief-and-recovery-services/contact-and-locate-loved-ones/hurricane-helene-reunification.html.
If we make identification of a person who has died, notifications will be made to next-of-kin by local law enforcement or other official, not by this office.