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| Monadnock Hiker |
Posted - June 17 2025 : 08:48:38 AM
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/helene-ravaged-river-town-reopens-visitors-it-felt-like-victory
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MARSHALL, NC – Nearly nine months have passed since Hurricane Helene made its way through Western North Carolina, washing out homes and businesses.
In the small mountain town of Marshall, just 30 minutes north of Asheville, business owners are eager for visitors. The main town sits along the French Broad River, which rose nearly 25 feet during Helene's storms, calculated by the U.S. Geological Survey.
The town reopened to visitors in May and each week more businesses are opening their doors. Some business owners still remember the layer of mud caked on the floor, covering their belongings like a blanket.
"I had no words, I mean I was crying," said Connie Molland, co-founder of Flow Gallery. "To walk into this space and see what we had left was all toppled all over and covered in mud." |
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| Fitzhugh Williams |
Posted - June 18 2025 : 10:33:24 AM
In the greater Asheville area there is one group telling people to stay away so that repairs may be more easily made to the infrastructure, and another group telling people to come because they need the business. I personally have not been there since the hurricane in part due to the condition of the roads. My daughter has been back but had some trouble getting around. |
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