“Western North Carolina cannot afford for recovery to be interrupted by total terminations of critical recovery programs,” the report states. Its recommendations are intended to increase the functionality of disaster response programs, while reducing the size of the federal disaster footprint.
Several city staff members and elected officials attended the Jan. 17 meeting of the Council of Independent Business Owners (CIBO) to explain the rebuilding process and outline projects to improve the water system.
Flood waters from Tropical Storm Helene decimated many of the City of Asheville’s premier outdoor athletic facilities, and officials don’t know when — or if — they will be repaired and restored.
The city is expecting all costs to be reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
At its Nov. 7 meeting, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners received an update on the county’s Tropical Storm Helene response and recovery process.
Since Tropical Storm Helene devastated the region, Taylor Knipp and her fiancé, Adam Smith, have transformed the Harley-Davidson of Asheville dealership in Swannanoa into an ad hoc private air base running daily rescue, reconnaissance and resupply missions to some of the hardest hit areas in Western North Carolina.
Every day since Helene, volunteers with Asheville’s Flush Brigade gather at the parking lot of the Gold’s Gym on Fairview Road, disperse buckets, and climb into water tank-laden trucks to check in on different apartment complexes in the city.
Woodfin Mayor Jim McAllister told Xpress on Oct. 4 that he is frustrated with the lack of support his town is getting from state and federal agencies in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene.
As residents of severely flooded areas rebuild and repair, long-awaited federal funds have proven difficult to nail down.
Homeward Bound and city of Asheville coordinate to place homeless residents during pandemic at motel, as innovative stopgap at civic center winds down.
This mobile disaster hospital can be built in a field — the National Mobile Disaster Hospital is ready to go. Anytime. Anywhere.
(Photo by Bill Rhodes)
