Bertha Mendoza, 56, had just celebrated her birthday a week before she was swept away in Hurricane Helene floodwaters as she and others were trying to get to safety. IE 11 is not supported.

UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. — The family of Bertha Mendoza, a 56-year-old employee at Impact Plastics in Unicoi County, said she passed away from flooding of the Nolichucky River after Hurricane Helene.

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — Guillermo Mendoza can still remember the last phone call he received from his mother, Bertha, in the morning hours of Sept. 27. Mendoza said his mother told him she loved ...

T he family of Bertha Mendoza, a 56-year-old employee at Impact Plastics in Unicoi County, said she passed away from flooding of the Nolichucky River after Hurricane Helene.

The latest report states Bertha Mendoza along with four other employees on the trailer are now confirmed dead, one is still unaccounted for. Once the news broke, Dorsey felt a sense of guilt.

Bertha Mendoza, 56, was the go-to baker for special occasion cakes in Erwin, Tennessee. She died Friday morning while working at a local plastics factory during Hurricane Helene.

Bertha Mendoza was one of the Tennessee factory workers swept away in Hurricane Helene's flash flooding. Text messages show a family desperate to save her. July 7, 2025 ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — Guillermo Mendoza can still remember the last phone call he received from his mother, Bertha, in the morning hours of Sept. 27. Mendoza said his mother told him she loved ...