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The flooding is ongoing, with significant amounts of water still moving downstream,” Paige Grande, spokesperson for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management, said in an email to The Charlotte ...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — As Helene battered western North Carolina, residents in Asheville were heartbroken after seeing floodwaters lift cars, trucks, billboards, and homes.. Syd Yatteau, with her ...
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.
The 1916 Charleston hurricane was a tropical cyclone that impacted parts of the Southeastern United States in July 1916. Torrential rainfall associated with the storm as it moved inland led to the Great Flood of 1916: a prolific and destructive flood event affecting portions of the southern Blue Ridge Mountains.
In North Carolina, 290 roads were closed throughout the state, and Gov. Roy Cooper said the state’s transportation department is shutting down even more roadways as severe flooding, landslides ...
[7] [14] These events include those in 1916, 1994, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2013, and 2018 as documented in the North Carolina Geological Survey's Western North Carolina Landslide Hazard Viewer. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The presence of extensive rock boulder and block deposits at the base the gorge's wall show that debris flows and rock falls have been active ...
NC 213 east – Mars Hill, Mars Hill University: Interchange; south end of NC 213 overlap 55.2: 88.8: US 25 Bus. south / US 70 Bus. east (Main Street) – Downtown Marshall, Public Library 58.9: 94.8: Walnut Drive (NC 213 west) North end of NC 213 overlap: Hurricane: 64.4: 103.6: NC 208 north – Greeneville: Hot Springs: 69.6: 112.0
The M. John Scanlan Funeral Home in Pequannock offered a place for people to park their vehicles amid flooding, and outlets to recharge cellphones. 'That just made me cry': NJ funeral home offers ...