ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Hurricane Helene will dump historic amounts of rain on western North Carolina come early Friday morning - but the impacts from the storm's outer bands are already being felt well beforehand.
Just take a look at these images and videos of wild weather in the western part of our state.
The video posted to X shows the Biltmore Village in Asheville. It looks like a rushing river where roads are supposed to be.
If you're wondering where all that water came from, just take a look at this post. The water is rushing from the Swananoa River.
Our very own Amber Lake is in Asheville getting a first-hand look at all this flooding. The images are unbelievable.
Here's a video of a flooded road in Asheville.
In this photo posted by the Blue Ridge Parkway, you can see a picnic table just peeking through the rushing floodwaters in the Linville Falls area. The parkway is closed during the storm.
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