All eyes are on the Swannanoa River as recovery efforts move to the Hurricane Helene debris-ridden river in western North ...

All eyes are on the Swannanoa River as recovery efforts move to the Hurricane Helene debris-ridden river in western North ...

Officials with FEMA and the Buncombe County Emergency Management have tasked the Army Corps of Engineers with removing debris from the Swannanoa River.

Houses in the low-lying, working-class areas surrounding the Swannanoa river had been torn out of the ground and dragged across swaths of land that had been previously covered in trees.

The mammoth task of removing debris from the Swannanoa River is underway months after Helene devastated the area. Web Editor : Mark Bergin Posted 2025-02-07T18:48:30-0500 - Updated 2025-02-07T18 ...

27. His body was recovered nearly three months later, according to his death certificate, near the Swannanoa River in East Asheville. Since Helene hit, the North Carolina Department of Health and ...

A sock, likely from a business or residence that flooded, still sits muddied on a tree branch high above a sidewalk — one of the many reminders of how high the Swannanoa River rose. But since ...