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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.
Across western North Carolina and parts of eastern Tennessee, Helene’s destruction continued to emerge on Sunday. The storm washed away bridges, closed roads, destroyed buildings and cut off power.
North Carolina is still adding up the damage done by the powerful tropical storm that started as Hurricane Helene. The day after the extreme rain and winds stopped, the full tally was unknown. But ...
This satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows flooding by the North Toe River and market damage from Hurricane Helene in Spruce Pine, N.C., on Oct. 2, 2024. / Credit: Maxar ...
Burnsville is a town that serves as the county seat of Yancey County, North Carolina, United States. [4] Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, sits in the shadow of Mount Mitchell, the highest peak in the Eastern Continental United States. The population was 1,612 at the 2020 census.
September 3, 2010 – Hurricane Earl passes just east of the Outer Banks, inundating portions of North Carolina Highway 12 with storm surge and producing hurricane-force wind gusts that severely damaged six houses. Moderate crop damage was reported further inland, and monetary damage in the state reached $2.5 million (2010 USD).
A man walks past a building on Riverside Drive during the aftermath of flooding caused by Hurricane Helene on Sept. 29, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. Helene's swath of destruction brought historic ...
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 ...