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Historic North Carolina village under water after devastating damage from Helene


ASHEVILLE, N.C. —A historic village in western North Carolina is under water after bearing the brunt of devastating flooding damage from Hurricane Helene.

Tree branches, logs and a dumpster floated across Asheville’s Biltmore Village, renowned for being built and owned by a single individual.

Water levels appeared to be several feet high and in some places nearing the top of street signs.

“We knew the flooding was coming but we didn’t know it was going to be this catastrophic,” one woman at the scene told NBC News. “All of the loss and destruction is just heartbreaking.”

Helene aftermath.
The French Broad River rises above its banks in the River Arts District on Sept. 26 in Asheville, N.C.Jacob Biba / Asheville Citizen Times / USA Today Network

Asheville, with a population of 95,000 residents, is about 140 miles west of Charlotte.

“This blows my mind, and I’m really worried about friends, neighbors and businesses down here by the river,” a man told NBC News, while partly blaming climate change for the destruction. “It’s just a reminder to me that climate change is going to affect all of us. No one is safe from the impacts of climate change and we really need to take action now.”

Helene aftermath.
Flood waters from the French Broad River cover the River Arts District in Asheville, N.C., on SaturdayJacob Biba / Asheville Citizen Times / USA Today Network

The devastation comes as Hurricane Helene landed in Georgia Thursday night, leaving widespread devastation throughout the southern U.S. 

At least 42 people have been confirmed dead as of Saturday and about 3.3 million customers woke up without power in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Ohio.

The storm, now a post-tropical cyclone, has severely impacted the southeast.

More than 50 people were stranded Friday at an eastern Tennessee hospital on Friday due to fast-rising water and high winds, after several attempts to airlift them failed during a dangerous rescue operation.

President Joe Biden has already approved emergency declaration requests from the governors of several southern states affected by Helene.

Helene aftermath.
A tree had fallen on Hazel Mill Road, blocking all travel along a central route to West Asheville during Tropical Storm Helene.Jacob Biba / Asheville Citizen Times / USA Today Network

Georgia, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina will receive a variety of federal assistance from the government after the storm made landfall as a highly destructive Category 4 hurricane.

Biden has also ordered more than 1,500 federal personnel to be deployed to the region, including search and rescue teams, medical teams and power restoration teams.



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