Current:Home > MarketsHelene rainfall map: See rain totals around southern Appalachian Mountains -Mastery Money Tools
Helene rainfall map: See rain totals around southern Appalachian Mountains
View
Date:2025-04-16 21:08:08
Tropical Storm Helene swept through western North Carolina and the Asheville area on Sept. 27, causing massive power outages, dam and reservoir breaches and countless downed trees.
Widespread cell service disruptions and impassable roads have left people cut off, disconnected or trapped in their homes.
Asheville, a city of 95,000 on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, remains mostly without power, cell service and water Monday.
See more maps:Hurricane Helene's 800-mile path of destruction across southeastern US
Live updates on Helene recovery:At least 100 dead; states struggling to recover
Here's where the flooding happened in and around Asheville
This map shows rainfall from Helene and in the days preceding the storm that combined to create disastrous flooding.
How much rain did areas of western North Carolina get?
Cities along the Blue Ridge Mountains, including Asheville, received nearly 14 inches of rain through Friday, Sept. 27.
Other areas of the state reported more than 2 feet of rainfall, with Busick receiving nearly 31 inches and Spruce Pine recording 24.12 inches through 8 a.m. Saturday.
The National Weather Service released rainfall totals for the following areas through 8 a.m. local time on Saturday:
- Waynesville - 11.14 inches
- Mount Mitchell - 11.22 inches
- Highlands - 14.86 inches
- Grandfather Mountain - 15.42 inches
- Candler - 16.18 inches
- Mountain Home - 17.09 inches
- Davidson River - 18.02 inches
- Hendersonville - 21.96 inches
- Spruce Pine - 24.12 inches
- Busick - 30.78 inches
See totals by city:Why did Hurricane Helene cause so much rain? Here's how much rain parts of NC received
veryGood! (655)
Related
- All That You Wanted to Know About She’s All That
- Is nutmeg good for you? Maybe, but be careful not to eat too much.
- Hispanic Influencers Share Curated Fashion Collections From Amazon's The Drop
- Las Vegas Culinary Union strike vote: Hospitality workers gear up to walk out
- Opinion: Gianni Infantino, FIFA sell souls and 2034 World Cup for Saudi Arabia's billions
- A Florida man and dog were attacked by a rabid otter. Here's what to know about the symptoms and treatment.
- How rumors and conspiracy theories got in the way of Maui's fire recovery
- Las Vegas Culinary Union strike vote: Hospitality workers gear up to walk out
- Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
- Shooting incident in Slovak capital leaves 1 dead, 4 injured
Ranking
- Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
- Hundreds attend funeral for high school band director who died in bus crash
- Ending reign as speaker, North Carolina Rep. Tim Moore won’t run for House seat in ’24, either
- Police looking for boy at center of pizza gift card scam to support his baseball team
- John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
- 6 women are rescued from a refrigerated truck in France after making distress call to a BBC reporter
- Production at German Volkswagen plants resumes after disruption caused by an IT problem
- NATO’s secretary-general meets with Zelenskyy to discuss battlefield and ammunition needs in Ukraine
Recommendation
A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
Jesus Ayala, teen accused in Las Vegas cyclist hit-and-run, boasts he'll be 'out in 30 days'
Heinz selling Ketchup and Seemingly Ranch bottles after viral Taylor Swift tweet
Suspect wanted in murder of Baltimore tech CEO arrested: US Marshals
Sarah J. Maas books explained: How to read 'ACOTAR,' 'Throne of Glass' in order.
Authorities probe Amazon 'click activity' for possible knives in Idaho killings
Tennessee inmate on death row for 28 years fights for his freedom
Ukrainian junior golfer gains attention but war not mentioned by Team Europe at Ryder Cup