RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) – The North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) said it is investigating after supplies were blown away by a Black Hawk helicopter at a distribution center.

In a briefing on Wednesday, Oct. 9, Maj. Gen. Todd Hunt, the Adjutant General of the North Carolina National Guard, addressed the issue.

“I’ll take responsibility for it and we own it,” Hunt said. “The rotor wash caused that damage. That crew has been grounded.”

According to the NCNG, a National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was delivering generators at the request of a local civilian organization to power their distribution outpost in western North Carolina. While attempting to land, rotor wash caused items to blow away from the distribution site.

Officials said the crew immediately identified the situation, aborted the landing for safety reasons, and left the area. No one was hurt.

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The video

A video being shared all over social media sheds light on the situation; it has been seen more than a million times. The footage showed the Black Hawk helicopter moving lower, and things flying in the air.

When they noticed things blowing away — the crew took off for safety reasons.

The NCNG said it is working with the identified local civilian organization to assess the level of damage caused by the rotor wash.

“We continue to investigate,” Hunt continued. “We are very sorry that happened and, again, investigation is underway.”

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Compared to Florida, North Carolina’s coast will see very minor impacts from Hurricane Milton. However, we’ll have to watch for possible erosion at our beaches through the end of the week.

Milton is forecast to make landfall as a catastrophic hurricane Wednesday night near or a bit south of the Tampa Bay area.

That will bring a life-threatening storm surge to sections of Florida’s Gulf Coast. Destructive winds and flooding rains will spread across a large part of the Florida peninsula through Thursday morning.

Later in the day Thursday, a weaker Milton will move into the Atlantic. For North Carolina, it will stay safely to our south.

The only impacts here as it heads out to sea will be rough surf, minor coastal flooding and that possible beach erosion.

Many of our beaches have already had a danger of rip currents through this week because of storms that have been way out in the Atlantic.

That danger will continue into the start of the weekend.

Rip currents are powerful channels of water that can pull even experienced swimmers away from shore.

Wind gusts Thursday along the immediate coast will not be terribly strong but could reach up to 30 mph. A steady northeasterly wind through Friday morning could cause issues for the Outer Banks including possible overwash of sections of Highway 12.