Buncombe County has initiated its Substantial Damage Assessment Program, a new effort aimed at evaluating damages in Special Flood Hazard ... curbside and may take photos of damaged structures ...

“On December 8 a person came out and took pictures ... back from any officials including Buncombe County. BUNCOMBE COUNTY TACKLES NEXT PHASE: CLEARING FLOOD-DAMAGED VEHICLES FROM PUBLIC AREAS ...

Buildings with what officials said were extensive violations of environmental health and other rules near the Ivy River have ...

died in flooding from Tropical Storm Helene. The family’s home ultimately flooded, too, with water reaching within 2 inches of the ceiling in some rooms, Lance wrote. Lance, a Buncombe County ...

On average, policyholders in Buncombe County pay nearly $2,000 a year for flood insurance, the data show. Asheville follows Buncombe County’s trend, as the structures with flood insurance ...

In Buncombe County, N.C., where an entire town disappeared beneath floodwaters, less than 1 percent of households had flood insurance. In Unicoi County, Tenn., where dozens of residents were ...

A sign outside an Asheville business on December 3, 2024. Buncombe County’s unemployment rate in January rose to 6.8% — among the highest in the state as Western North Carolina continues its ...

A Buncombe County family narrowly escaped their flooded ... Like many people living in the mountains, they did not have flood insurance. Zara's sister has started a GoFundMe to help the family ...

BUNCOMBE CO., N.C. (WSPA) – The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a flash flood warning for Sunday evening in South Central, Buncombe County. At 9:22 p.m., doppler ...

The boys, second and third graders at North Buncombe Elementary School, are two of at least four Buncombe County Schools students ... had likely taken (in) some flooding,” the Facebook post ...