Drone Footage Shows Major Flooding Following Helene

Streets were swamped in Asheville, North Carolina, after heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Helene brought flooding to the city on Friday, September 27. Footage filmed by Peter Burg, some of it with a drone, shows entire city streets covered by extensive flooding in the River Arts District. Governor Roy Cooper https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2024/09/28/rescues-completed-emergency-supplies-rushed-western-north-carolina-communities-hit-hurricane-helene confirmed that at least ten people were killed in North Carolina due to Helene. He also https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2024/09/28/rescues-completed-emergency-supplies-rushed-western-north-carolina-communities-hit-hurricane-helene said that more than 200 people had been rescued from floodwaters across the state. Flash flood emergencies https://x.com/NWSGSP/status/1839653739927355636 were issued for the region on Friday, with warnings still in place https://www.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=gsp&wwa=all on Saturday . (Footage by Peter Berg/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)