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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.
Helene wiped out large parts of Asheville, ... The French Broad River crested at a record 24.67 feet on Friday and was still well above its banks at 12.68 feet on Sunday around noon, according to ...
The destroyed River Arts District in Asheville, N.C. along the French Broad River on Oct. 1, 2024 in the aftermath of flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene
Two people canoe amid record flooding in the River Arts District in Asheville. A motorist drives by a dead fish in the Biltmore Village in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 28, 2024 ...
The French Broad River reached over 16 feet by 11 am on Sept. 27, flooding most of the River Arts District, seen here from the Haywood Road bridge. 'When it floods, it floods bad'
The French Broad River rose rapidly after July 16, and at Asheville the estimated crest was 21 ft (6.4 m). While the banks of the river were ordinarily 381 ft (116 m) across at Asheville (associated with a 4.4 ft (1.3 m) flood stage, the floods bloated the river to about 1,300 ft (400 m) across. [31] The rise of the French Broad River razed ...
The city of Asheville, displaying a modern-day population of almost 95,000 people, sits at the intersection of two major rivers, the French Broad and the Swannanoa River, making the region heavily ...
The French Broad River is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Tennessee. It flows 218 miles (351 km) [ 4 ] from near the town of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina , into Tennessee, where its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville forms the beginning of the Tennessee River .