North Carolina rainfall totals from Helene

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — As two people were dead and more than 14 were injured in North Carolina from Hurricane Helene, there were still more than 700,000 customers in the state without power Saturday from flooding and high winds when the storm hit Friday, according to North Carolina officials.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Saturday that more than 200 people were saved from flooding.

Also, the North Carolina Emergency Management released rainfall totals from the storm — where the mountains were the hardest hit.

Many areas in the mountains received more than 10 inches and more than 30 inches of rain causing “catastrophic flooding,” Cooper’s office said.

Location                   County           Inches of rain
Busick                    Yancey County      30.78 
Mt Mitchell St. Park      Yancey             24.2
Spruce Pine               Mitchell           18.23
Davidson River            Transylvania       17.7
Foscoe                    Watauga            16.42
 Old Fort                 McDowell           15.6 
Whitehead                 Alleghany          15.59
Hendersonville            Henderson          15.11
Swannanoa                 Buncombe           14.81
North Cove Pinnacle       McDowell           14.75 
Guion Farm                Henderson          14.73
Saluda                    Polk               14.58    
Highlands                 Macon              14.52
Grandfather               Watauga            14.47
Watauga                   Alleghany          13.65
Watauga Medical Center    Watauga            10.98 
-- From N.C. Emergency Management

Across North Carolina, 29 counties and 52 towns and cities have issued States of Emergency, in addition to the statewide State of Emergency declared by Cooper.

Gov. Cooper on Friday requested a Major Disaster Declaration from the federal government for North Carolina for 39 counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for federal Public Assistance and Individual Assistance in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene.

As of Saturday morning, about 418 state-maintained roads remained closed, mostly due to flooding. Across the area, 11 landslides have been reported.

This includes major closures on Interstates 26 and 40 around Asheville, plus dozens of locations along several U.S. and N.C. highway routes, officials said.

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Rodney Overton

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