Drake Fowler, executive director of the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, takes a member of FEMA and a group from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers around the forest grounds to look at the damage left from Tropical Storm Helene on Nov. 16, 2024.
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Debris and mud-covered chunks of concrete beneath the Hendersonville Road Bridge in Asheville seen Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, nearly three months after Tropical Storm Helene hit the region.
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A part of the bridge that collapsed lies near the rest of the bridge that connected vehicles from Azalea Road to Asheville Recreation Park. Destruction is still evident along Swannanoa River in Asheville on Nov. 7, 2024, from Tropical Storm Helene that came through in September.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved an additional $197 million for more than 30 recovery and mitigation projects in North Carolina, the agency announced July 2, continuing the federal response to Tropical Storm Helene and earlier disasters.
Drake Fowler, executive director of the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, takes a member of FEMA and a group from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers around the forest grounds to look at the damage left from Tropical Storm Helene on Nov. 16, 2024.
Debris and mud-covered chunks of concrete beneath the Hendersonville Road Bridge in Asheville seen Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, nearly three months after Tropical Storm Helene hit the region.
A part of the bridge that collapsed lies near the rest of the bridge that connected vehicles from Azalea Road to Asheville Recreation Park. Destruction is still evident along Swannanoa River in Asheville on Nov. 7, 2024, from Tropical Storm Helene that came through in September.
