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Damage to poultry facilities in North Carolina and Georgia have raised concerns about manure runoff into water supplies. [78] North Carolina is a major supplier of poultry to the United States, and the storm is expected to have an impact on the nation's overall poultry supply. [78]
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.
A person looks at storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. - Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Tropical Storm Helene devastated Asheville and Western North Carolina, destroying roads, downing power lines and demolishing entire towns. See aerial images of the damage.
A rescue team paddles down the Swannanoa River on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina.
Workers survey a large section of Highway 105 that washed away because of flood waters during Tropical Storm Helene, on the outskirts of Boone, North Carolina, U.S. September 27, 2024.
Red and white helicopter seen above trees in Asheville, NC, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, top left; An aerial view of flood damage wrought by Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on ...
Helene caused extensive damage across the Southeastern United States, becoming the deadliest hurricane to strike the US mainland since Hurricane Katrina. [13] In particular, the hurricane caused flooding in western North Carolina , hundreds of miles from the coast; [ 14 ] NOAA described this unusually high inland rainfall as a "worst-case ...