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A month later, under the backdrop of spectacular fall colors lining the Swannanoa Mountains, the now-shallow river still carries scars from the unprecedented weather event Sept. 27.
Around 4 p.m. Friday, the Swannanoa River hit its peak at 26.1 feet, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That's five feet above the record set during the ...
The flooding along the Swannanoa River has left communities decimated as residents are forced to scavenge for food and water as grocery stores close.
The Swannanoa River ends at its confluence with the French Broad, now within the grounds of the 8,000-acre Biltmore Estate in Asheville. The estate encompasses numerous ancient Native American sites, including an earthwork platform mound, now known as Biltmore Mound, that is located south of the Swannanoa River. Based on evidence from ...
Swannanoa is located in eastern Buncombe County between Asheville and Black Mountain. Interstate 40 passes through the main commercial area of Swannanoa.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.4 square miles (16.7 km 2), of which 6.4 square miles (16.6 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 0.53%, is water.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Swannanoa River at Biltmore crested at 26.1 feet, nearly 6 feet above the record, at 3:45 p.m. Sept. 27. As of 10:30 p.m., the ...
The Swannanoa Gap is a pass in the eastern United States through the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Asheville plateau. The pass sits on the Buncombe-McDowell County line in North Carolina near the head of the Catawba River. Long traversed by Native Americans, its trail was the first road into Buncombe County from the east.
She believes they are a sign from her parents and young son, who perished when the family’s home collapsed into the Swannanoa River on Sept. 27. Megan, 39, was the sole survivor of the flood ...