Flooding hammers western North Carolina

Flooding caused by Tropical Storm Helene washed away several roads around western North Carolina and trapped several Appalachian State students in their dorms.

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[OssoLily-ixvz]

This is beyond devastating to at least 5 States! Wow!

[amenbrother]

What a terrible storm, immense suffering among the people in western NC. On the lighter side at the 3:37 mark the video of the porta potty floating down the street gave new meaning to the term portable potty.

[AscheWholeProductions]

Pretty scary how easily all our systems are overwhelmed.

[russell-dijs]

Best wishes & good luck y'all. Help each other & keep safe! UK

[CoffeeNerd]

I hate it that it did the damage it has in Boone, all the great restaurants and other businesses were flooded. That's a wonderful community and I hope it gets back to normal soon for them.

[videofreak]

Don't worry the federal government will give each county $700.

[guitarxy]

We have a small pond with a waterfall in our backyard, and when we get heavy rains, my wife worries about the overflow onto our patio. After seeing this devastation, I told her that she doesn't ever have to fret again about overflow. Perspective is everything.

[barbarajohnson]

Prayers for everyone affected! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[jonwilson]

Eastern NC got hammered the week before concentrated in Brunswick co NC, now western NC!

[MahmoudWaz]

Very sad too see people lose so much. 😢

[Clare-lths]

Western North Carolina was completely washed away💔

[bl]

GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Kinser Bridge on Highway 107 has collapsed after withstanding hours of rising floodwaters.

[guitarzan]

Sugar mountain and Banner Elk are in Avery County not Watauga County.

[ClareMoonTV]

Just wondering how people evacuate with deep water covering the roads and the fact they are closed, anyway.

[Slingbladess]

Army core of engineering needs some lessons on how to build roads

[ZoeiiZiZZles]

You might not believe in climate change but climate change believes in you 😂

[psy]

All of these disasters will need money to clean up. How are we going to find the money? The state won’t be able to afford this and if storms and floods like this keep happening even the Feds will run out of money. All of the Federal tax cuts will need to be repealed or allowed to expired. Foreign aid costs us millions to 1-2 billions but big corporate tax cuts cost us trillions.

[EmmyPierz-ekhi]

“ stay off the roads “
What a concept. CB

[mwalker]

Who's that lady with the pink tie?

[Userqwerty]

Think about how the maniac Mark Robinson would deal with a situation like this before casting your ballot. Stay strong North Carolina