North Carolina has only just become apparent. But why did this happen? This "100-year flood" is no expression — the flood of 1916 in Asheville crested at 21 feet, a record that has now been ...

When flooding is severe, Kentuckians will sometimes hear the phrase "100-year flood" used to describe ... or in places like landlocked Ashville, North Carolina, where torrential rains from ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. − Asheville's "Great Flood," of 1916 brought inconceivable devastation to the small mountain town in western North Carolina. What has been described as, "the worst natural ...

PROBABLY 100 ... years? I don't know... I don't know if it will come back... I don't know," Harrin said, shaking his head. Tropical Storm Helene caused historic flooding in western North Carolina ...

That storm, referred to as Potential Tropical Cyclone 8, was marked by an unprecedented 1,000-year flooding ... 100 swift water rescues and evacuate numerous communities.“For western North ...