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Motorists traveling between East Tennessee and North Carolina are facing significant detours after sections of Interstate 40 were washed out by catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Helene.
Officials with the North Carolina Department of Transportation estimate that a portion of I-40 in the Pigeon River Gorge will be open to traffic by the start of the new year.
Both I-40 East and West are closed from mile marker 432 in Tennessee east to mile marker 3 in North Carolina. I-40 West is closed starting at mile marker 3 in North Carolina west through mile ...
The North Carolina State Climate Office at North Carolina State University reported that its Mount Mitchell weather station recorded 24.41 in (620 mm) of rainfall. The office referred to the total as "off the charts", comparing it to 16.5 in (420 mm) of rainfall being a once-in-1,000-year flood for the area.
Traffic will be slow through the Pigeon River Gorge with only one narrow lane in each direction as workers fix significant Helene damage. When will Interstate 40 reopen at the Tennessee/North ...
More than 320,000 homes in North Carolina — and about 550,000 ... near Tryon, zooming by the queues of traffic that reached all the way down the exit ramps to the travel lanes of Interstate 85 ...
The French Broad River breaks its banks Asheville on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation plans to move quickly to repair roads damaged by Hurricane Helene, most importantly the collapsed potion of Interstate 40 near the Tennessee-North ...