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A trio of factors brought on Hurricane Helene's disaster in the Appalachians. ... Tens of billions of dollars in damage. ... the swollen French Broad was flowing at a rate of more than 240,000 ...
Chimney Rock was one of the most severely damaged of all the towns by Hurricane Helene. National Weather Service data indicated that over 19 inches of rain fell in areas upstream and to the west of Chimney Rock, leading to devastating floodwaters that destroyed half of the village according to rescue crew, including half of the businesses on ...
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.
Residents of Marshall, N.C. begin cleaning up businesses and the area around Main Street after catastrophic flooding of the nearby French Broad River caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene ...
Hurricane Helene (/ h ɛ ˈ l iː n / ⓘ heh-LEEN) [1] was a devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the Southeastern United States in late September 2024.
At the Asheville station, the French Broad peaked at 24.67 feet Friday evening, a level surpassing the Great Flood of 1916, which the city says crested at 21 feet and killed 80 people. The rain ...
In late September 2024, as a result of Hurricane Helene, US 74A suffered catastrophic damage, not unlike that of the 1916 floods. [14] In several spots the road was made impassable—it was inundated, log jams were deposited on the road, sections had collapsed due to swollen waterways and landslides, and it was blocked by debris flows. Through ...
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 ...