Over the previous week, this region of the United States received 40 trillion gallons of rain. Experts are astonished by the historically high amount of rainfall.
Teams tasked with rescue and recovery have needed many days to reach some of North Carolina’s outlying areas. Some places are still inaccessible.
Asheville’s floods have only recently started to ebb, and Hurricane Helene’s rainfall was incredibly powerful.
There is no mobile reception, no electricity, and no roads. What’s still tolerable is dangerous. The majority of the pictures are only aerial. Conditions here are quite difficult for both those who are trying and those who are stuck.
The rural areas southeast of Asheville are just now becoming reachable. All of this is evident in its entirety.
Bat Cave, a tiny village, is completely destroyed. The banks of the River Broad have been torn away, and the bridges are no longer there.
Even with additional rain predicted, there is still a lot of risk in this area. Some houses are still standing but lack foundations, and roads are expected to collapse and landslides to occur.
The destruction caused by this storm is extensive. On Monday, they hosted Donald Trump as a guest while doing damage assessments in Valdosta, Georgia, eight hours to the south.
