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NC picking up the pieces after staggering blow from Helene: Live updates
Buncombe County officials said more than 1,000 were reported missing, but they expected that number to drop dramatically when cell service is back.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. − At least 2.5 million people remained without power Sunday across the Southeast in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, thousands in North Carolina where the storm pulverized homes, trapped residents, spawned landslides and submerged communities under raging floodwaters.
Dozens of people have died across multiple states since the record-breaking storm hit Florida's Big Bend as a Category 4 hurricane with 140-mph winds Thursday before moving north through Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas and weakening to a post-tropical cyclone.
More than 400 roads remained closed in North Carolina, including “all roads in Western NC,” the North Carolina Department of Transportation said in a post on X. "Travel in western North Carolina remains limited and dangerous,'' Cooper said, urging people in the area to stay off the roads.
ERWIN, Tenn. − In parts of Appalachian eastern Tennessee near the North Carolina border, the damage from Helene’s deluge was evident Sunday in washed-out bridges, closed roads, destroyed buildings and lack of power for some residents.
Tiny Busick in Yancey County along the western border with Tennessee, recorded 29.58 inches in just 48 hours. In Asheville, record high levels were set on the French Broad River and the Swannanoa River near the Biltmore estate. The historic Biltmore Village nearby was nearly submerged after Helene tore through the area, according to aerial footage.
