Johnny Peterson died in the flooding brought by Helene. Now, his family is suing Impact Plastics for wrongful death.

An NBC News investigation and timeline reveals how events quickly and dramatically unfolded amid a "one-in-5,000-year flood.

Johnny Peterson, 55, was among at least five employees at Impact Plastics in Erwin, Tenn., who died while trying to evacuate ...

The family of one of the five workers who was killed after Hurricane Helene flooded the town their factory is located in on ...

The daughter of an employee of the Impact Plastics plant in Erwin who was killed during Hurricane Helen filed a $25 million ...

A Tennessee company and its CEO are being sued by the family of a worker who was killed after the factory stayed open in ...

The daughter of an Impact Plastics employee who died in a flash flood during Hurricane Helene has shared revealing texts ...

Johnny Peterson was one of six employees of Impact Plastics left dead or missing after the storm. Workers said they were not ...

The East Tennessee company that saw at least five of its factory workers swept away in flooding from the remnants of ...

Text messages between an Impact Plastics supervisor and his daughter show workers were still at the factory long after flood ...

According to Johnny Peterson’s family, management denied requests from employees to leave work as the hurricane came bearing ...