HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) -- With the upcoming week marking two months since Helene, recovery efforts continue in Haywood County, with impacts to structures, bridges, and culverts still being counted.

"The number of flood-damaged structures in Haywood County now tops 950 and counting," said Board of Commissioners Chairman Kevin Ensley "We showed 952 buildings that were affected by the storm, but we haven't gotten Canton numbers yet -- so, I anticipate that will be well over 1,000 probably."

Ensley said building inspectors are breaking the numbers down.

"So far, there are 57 that were totally destroyed, and I think 150 that were maybe substantially damaged -- they submit that to FEMA to show what happened," he said.

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Nearly 350 culverts, private roads and bridges are documented as damaged as well, but Ensley said that FEMA can help.

"If there are several people using that road and that bridge and that culvert that they will help you put that back," Ensley said.

He said that although it's a lengthy and difficult process to understand, Haywood County held an information session on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at Haywood Community College where FEMA representatives were on hand to answer questions, as well as key agencies to help with recovery.

Ensley also said that Helene is changing the county's housing maps.

"When people build, they need to build more resilient," he said, as rebuilding in flood-prone areas will require mitigation.

"We'll elevate them and then the foundations -- generally those foundations have to have flood vents in them," Emsley said. "What I'm hoping is that FEMA will maybe help people do that."

But after storms flooded his home near the Pigeon River in Clyde multiple times, Joe Clark told News 13 he has had enough.

"I'm done, I'm done," Clark said. "I'm going to higher ground -- I can't stay here."

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Ensley said he hopes resources at all levels will yield safe, comfortable housing that continues to keep local tax bases healthy.

"I'm hoping in a hundred years from now that when we have a flood like this the damage will be more minimal than it is today," he said.

FEMA continues to operate a Disaster Recovery Center at Haywood Community College's Regional High Technology Center in Waynesville.

Registration for FEMA assistance in Haywood County continues until Jan. 7.