Asheville Watchdog3h
Helene’s floodwaters have abated, but the risk of more potentially deadly landslides persists in the region, scientists say
Dozens of powerful, fast-moving landslides carved deep scars into the hills and valleys around Buncombe County amid the fury ...
Asheville Watchdog1d
With stubborn turbidity and concerns about water clarity growing, city amps up testing on the non-potable water it’s delivering
With turbidity at North Fork Reservoir barely budging in recent days, the City of Asheville continues to deliver discolored, ...
Asheville Watchdog1d
The lives we lost: Fairview landslides from Helene that killed 13 were among worst in North Carolina history
Asheville Watchdog is bringing you the stories behind the staggering loss of life from Helene, the children, parents, grandparents, multiple generations of a single family, all gone in one of the ...
Asheville Watchdog3d
Nearly all of Asheville’s non-potable water back, but reservoir remains ‘very, very murky,’ complicating full-service restoration
The City of Asheville has restored non-potable, heavily chlorinated water to about 95 percent of users, but its main source ...
Asheville Watchdog3d
FEMA director fears “lies” about its response to Helene undermine government’s ability to assist victims
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Administration is expressing concern that “lies” spread by Republican ...
Asheville Watchdog3d
Trump makes a campaign stop in devastated Swannanoa to express sympathy to victims of Helene
Following a tour of flood-ravaged Swannanoa on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offered his sympathy to ...
Asheville Watchdog3d
Answer Man: Debris locations questioned? Why the Muni? Will Helene aftermath throw I-26 work off schedule?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Several readers have asked about the debris site that was proposed for a park near the Deaverview public housing ...
Asheville Watchdog3d
Why did Swannanoa become Helene’s ‘ground zero’? Deadly combination of topography, development and a ‘tidal wave’ of water
The floodwaters rose so fast at Thanh Bui’s house the morning of Sept. 27, she had to swim to safety. Bui, 55, and her 30-year-old son, Quintin Ho, had been up much of the night, monitoring the ...
Asheville Watchdog6d
With Asheville water nearly restored, workers focus on stabilizing leaks, breaks in system
Asheville Water Resources has restored running water to almost all of the city, but three weeks after Tropical Storm Helene, ...
Asheville Watchdog11d
Barely 1% of Buncombe structures carried flood insurance, data show
Buncombe homeowners hit hardest by flood damage from Hurricane Helene will likely face enormous costs to rebuild with limited ...
Asheville Watchdog13d
City starting to repressurize water system in eastern Buncombe, but full systemwide restoration could still take weeks
While the City of Asheville crossed a milestone this week by reconnecting a major bypass valve at North Fork Reservoir that ...
Asheville Watchdog6d
The lives we lost: Helene took entire families, couples, children
They perished under the most harrowing circumstances: entire families swept away by raging floodwaters, couples tossed out of their homes or crushed as the land underneath gave way, people battling ...