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See photos and video from Helene’s devastation in the mountains of western NC
By Scott Sharpe,
10 hours ago
Flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Helene has devastated the mountain areas of western North Carolina, leaving a path of destruction and isolating many areas of the region.
Over 400 roads are closed in the area, with many being washed out in many spots. Some areas are cut off from cell service, electricity and drinking water, with the full extent of the damage yet to be seen.
Here are photos from the area.
Residents in Clyde begin cleaning up on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 after massive flooding damaged dozens of homes and businesses. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Alan Tabor shovels mud from a flooded home in Clyde on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 after massive flooding damaged dozens of homes and businesses. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Tomas Quiroz shovels mud from his porch steps in Clyde on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 after massive flooding damaged dozens of homes and businesses. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Brandon Patterson points to the water line inside a flooded home in Clyde on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 after massive flooding damaged dozens of homes and businesses. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Estaban Sanchez retrieves water from a creek to be used for cleaning a flooded home in Clyde on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 after massive flooding damaged dozens of homes and businesses. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Blake Nelson, 11, and his father Mitch Nelson clean up a flooded salon in Clyde on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 after massive flooding damaged dozens of homes and businesses. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com A North Carolina flag llies in the mud in Clyde on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 after massive flooding damaged dozens of homes and businesses. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Amy Russell assesses damage to her dog training and pet food business in Clyde on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 after massive flooding damaged dozens of homes and businesses. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Residents in Clyde begin cleaning up on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 after massive flooding damaged dozens of homes and businesses. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Residents in Clyde begin cleaning up on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 after massive flooding damaged dozens of homes and businesses. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com A doll lies in a pile of debris outside a home in Clyde on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Dozens of vehicles wait in line for gas in Clyde on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Dozens of vehicles wait in line for gas in Clyde on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Soco Creek in Cherokee rages on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Flood waters from Helene have cut off roads in and out of Hot Springs, N.C., northwest of Asheville, leaving those in town with no running water, no cell service and no power. Andrew Fulton Railroad tracks are damaged by floodwaters in Waynesville on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Several lanes of I-40 in N.C. near the Tennessee line washed out and collapsed during catastrophic flooding from Helene. The North Carolina Department of Transportation said I-40 was closed in multiple locations between Asheville and eastern Tennessee due to washouts and debris. NC DOT 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. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Terri Morrin drives 1.5 hours from Adawehi Wellness Village in Columbus, N.C. to a BP in Gastonia get gas for her neighbors’ generators because they are expected to be without power for a week Saturday morning in Gastonia, N.C. on Sept. 28, 2024. KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH/knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com Vehicles line up to get gas at a 7 Eleven in Shelby on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH/knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com Vehicles line up to get gas at a 7 Eleven in Shelby on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH/knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com Waynesville firefighters search a car that was pinned by debris under a bridge on Richland Creek in Waynesville on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Foodwaters overrun 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. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com Waynesville firefighters search a car that was pinned by debris under a bridge on Richland Creek in Waynesville on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com 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. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com 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. Travis Long/tlong@newsobserver.com
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