Asheville and other areas like Chimney Rock experienced significant rainfall, leading to damaging debris and flooding. Rutherford County's Emergency Management issued an immediate evacuation notice to residents near the Lake Lure Dam on Friday morning due to the heavy rainfall.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Floodwaters pushed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene left North Carolina’s largest mountain city isolated Saturday by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service, part of a swath of destruction across southern Appalachia that left an unknown number dead and countless worried relatives unable to reach loved ones.