Historic flooding began before the storm struck Western North Carolina

Here is a look at everything WLOS News 13 covered as the storm approached and as it hit the Western North Carolina region.

Rapid Reaction: Historic Flooding Follows Helene in Western NC

Torrential rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Helene capped off three days of extreme, unrelenting precipitation, which left catastrophic flooding and ...

A century before Helene, the great flood of 1916 left NC's mountains ...

Within the span of about two weeks in July 1916, two tropical storms dropped more than 26 inches of rain over western North Carolina, ...

The science behind Helene's historic flooding in western North ...

The core of Helene ...

Historic floods from Helene devastate western North Carolina

Buncombe County officials said people did die in the floods there but would not say how many. It could take days before the true toll of the ...

History of Great Flood of 1916 in Asheville, Charlotte NC

Two tropical storms converged in the mountains of North Carolina in July 1916 and brought such rapid flooding that people in Asheville had ...

July 16, 1916: The Great Flood - Asheville Museum of History

Western North Carolina is no stranger to flooding. “Freshets” as these floods were often called, were described by settlers as early as 1791. Larger ones ...

Asheville flooding: Hurricane Helene echoes 1916 disaster in ...

Similar to the 1916 disaster, a previous weather system migrated into western North Carolina before Helene arrived, leaving the ground and ...

Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville. 100 years ago, a similar event

ASHEVILLE, N.C. − Asheville's "Great Flood," of 1916 brought inconceivable devastation to the small mountain town in western North Carolina.

Helene disaster exceeds devastation caused by the 'Great Flood of ...

Satellite imagery before and after Hurricane Helene · Historical flooding in western North Carolina in 1916. next. Image 1 of 3. Historical ...

Why did it flood so badly in North Carolina? Scientists point to this

Helene hit Western North Carolina as a tropical storm on Friday, Sept. 27, bringing inches of rain to an already saturated area causing rivers to burst from ...

North Carolina still recovering from historic hurricane damage

Catastrophic flooding and landslides in western North Carolina caused by Hurricane Helene in late September killed nearly a hundred people ...

How Hurricane Helene Turned Asheville Into a Flood Zone

Before the aftermath of Hurricane Helene dumped more than 30 inches of rain on some parts of western North Carolina and led to historic ...

In North Carolina, there was before Helene. This is the after.

A hundred years from now, they will be talking about this flood,” said one resident in Western North Carolina, where the extent of the ...

The Great Flood of 1916 - ArcGIS StoryMaps

The first storm began in the Gulf of Mexico and travelled through western North Carolina between July 8–10. · The French Broad River was extremely high due to ...

Chimney Rock, NC, Wiped out by Historic Flooding | Firehouse

Businesses and homes along the Swannanoa River were reduced to rubble by Helene, which hit Florida as a Category 4 hurricane before it dumped ...

The Great Flood - The Laboratory Mill

The Great Flood of 1916, as it was often called, was the worst flooding in recorded history to hit Asheville and western North Carolina. It all began with a ...

100 years after the Flood of 1916, the City of Asheville is ready for ...

In 2004, virtually the same scenario walloped Asheville when Tropical Storms Ivan and Frances converged upon Western North Carolina, producing ...

People moved to Asheville to escape extreme weather. They ... - CNN

In 1916, back-to-back hurricanes dumped relentless rain on Asheville and other parts of western North Carolina, triggering biblical flooding ...

How a Florida hurricane led to historic floods in North Carolina's ...

Hurricane Helene's remnants caused catastrophic flooding in North Carolina's Appalachian towns, including Asheville, Hendersonville, and Old ...