Devastating Helene: 400 roads closed in Western NC, 200 people rescued from floods -- News & Observer

North Carolina in the United States

Drew Jackson, Joe Marusak, Martha Quillin, Ryan Oehrl -- The News & Observer

Sept. 28, 2024, 6:41 PM

Hundreds of thousands of people remained without power Saturday in North Carolina in the aftermath of a tropical storm that started as Hurricane Helene.

Helene’s remnants dumped historic levels of rain across the state, leading to devastating flooding in Western North Carolina and a web of impassable roads and interstates.

More than 200 people were rescued from flood waters, according to Gov. Roy Cooper’s office, with North Carolina’s search and rescue teams helped by 19 federal and out-of-state teams.

In a state familiar with the power of hurricanes along its long coast, the level of devastation in North Carolina’s mountains, hundreds of miles inland, is sobering.

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