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Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency for NC due to the storms on Sept. 25. More: School closings in Western North Carolina ahead of Hurricane Helene Western NC weather alerts
Parts of the eastbound I-40 section in the Pigeon River Gorge collapsed into the Pigeon River due to its swelling and rapid flow, and this section was considered by the department to be the most challenging section of road to fix. [82] The Blue Ridge Parkway was indefinitely closed due to damage between mileposts 217 to 469 – the entirety of ...
Hurricane Helene is expected to impact Asheville the afternoon of Sept. 26, but a rain system has already caused closures across the region.
N.C. 106, Dillard Road, closed near Blue Valley Overlook south of East Highlands Madison County I-26 closed near the Tennessee line because of flooding and bridge damage near Erwin, Tennessee.
Watts Bar Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Meigs and Rhea counties in Tennessee, United States.The dam is one of nine dams on the main Tennessee River channel operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to provide flood control and electricity and to help create a continuous navigable channel along the entire length of the river.
Part of a structure sits in floodwaters on a road in Canton on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina.
It then crosses Watts Bar Dam and the Tennessee River into Rhea County near the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant and continues west. The route then has a one-mile-long (1.6 km) concurrency with SR 302 and a 2.7-mile-long (4.3 km) concurrency with US 27/SR 29.
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Hurricane Helene for Sunday, Sept. 29. For the latest news on the storm, view our live updates file for Monday, Sept. 30. ASHEVILLE, N.C. − More ...