A North Carolina mountain town is wrecked by Hurricane Helene - NBC News
WEB3 days ago · Oct. 2, 2024, 1:42 PM PDT. By Deon J. Hampton. SWANNANOA, N.C. — Flattened homes, impassable roads, swamped fields, downed power lines, raw emotions. Nearly a week after Hurricane Helene ...
Helene in Swannanoa: Community rallies together amidst …
WEB5 days ago · The Swannanoa River continues to swell through the unincorporated community, feet higher than it usually is, according to Penland. On one side of the river sits the old site of the Beacon Mill. The homes that once housed the millworkers are now gone. “There goes the history of Swannanoa right there,” Penland said. “Our history is gone.”
Nonprofits, volunteers to remain in hard-hit Swannanoa to help …
WEB1 day ago · Samaritan's Purse has been purifying water from the Swannanoa River to give people for free. ... News 13 crews saw vehicles flipped on their sides, trailer trucks in homes, collapsed buildings ...
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, questions about government ... - NBC News
WEB5 days ago · In western North Carolina, where more than 40 people have died, some residents say the government was unprepared for the storm. Swannanoa residents walk through devastating flood damage from the...
GALLERY: Drone footage shows devastating Swannanoa River …
WEBSep 28, 2024 · Tate MacQueen captured drone footage showing Swannanoa River flooding near the WNC Nature Center in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Asheville NC flooding: Swannanoa neighborhood left devastated
WEB2 days ago · The neighborhood of Beacon Village was hit especially hard when waters from the Swannanoa River collided with floodwaters coming down from the mountains, flooding homes to their rooftops and ...
Moment house flows down river and smashes into debris
WEB3 days ago · Footage shot by a passer-by shows a house flowing down the Swannanoa River in North Carolina last Friday, crashing into debris left by Hurricane Helene. No injuries were reported by local ...
Asheville floods leave at least 30 dead in western NC - USA TODAY
WEB6 days ago · ASHEVILLE, N.C. − The rushing water rose five feet higher in the Swannanoa River than anyone had ever seen. The ground disappeared on South Tunnel Road, leaving a giant sinkhole full of asphalt...
Swannanoa, N.C.: How Helene destroyed this mountain town
WEB5 days ago · SWANNANOA, N.C. - There was no worship service Sunday morning at the First Baptist Church. No hymns or sermons or Communion. But there were hugs in the parking lot and tears running down tired ...
North Carolinians Face Dangerous Floods From Helene - The New …
WEBSep 27, 2024 · As the Swannanoa River swelled and overflowed from heavy rains brought by Helene, residents of Asheville, N.C., described moments of fear and anxiety amid dangerous flooding in their region.