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The French Broad River breaks its banks in Asheville on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina.
The damage wrought by Hurricane Helene was especially extensive in western North Carolina, a region far from the Florida coast where the system made landfall as a Category 4 storm.
The Biltmore Village in Asheville, N.C., sustained extensive damage in Hurricane Helene. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) (Getty Images) A motorist drives by a dead fish in the Biltmore Village in ...
In some places in Western North Carolina impacted by Helene, maps by First Street found roughly 10x the number of properties would have been in a 100-year flood zone category, if FEMA had been allowed to use more comprehensive and modern forecasting. Better maps could have resulted in more insurance coverage and flood prevention measures. [97]
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Helene was “one of the worst storms in modern history for parts of western North Carolina,” calling the devastation an “unprecedented tragedy.” The ...
A week after Hurricane Helene pummeled the Southeast, the scope of the devastation continues to emerge. ... President Biden visited North Carolina on Wednesday and got an aerial view of the damage ...
Severe weather and historic flooding brought by Hurricane Helene killed at least 100 people across the Southeast including in Asheville, North Carolina where residents are scrambling to find ...
A view of the damaged area at Asheville along with the western part of North-Carolina is devastated by the heavy rains and flooding after Hurricane Helene in Asheville on September 30, 2024 ...