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Buncombe County officials confirmed at least one death from Tropical Storm Helene on Saturday. The extreme flooding has left many in western North Carolina stranded with no means of communication.

The day after Helene: Western NC navigates no power, cell service in increasingly desperate situation

<p>WRITTEN BOOKS AND PUBLISHED. &gt;&gt; THE CONDITIONS DETERIORATED ALL DAY AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. LOOK AT ALL THIS RAIN, ALL THAT WATER. SO SERVICE WAS DOWN FOR HOURS IN MANY AREAS WHICH AFFECTED 9-1-1, GOVERNOR ROY COOPER SAID THIS WAS ONE OF THE WORST STORMS TO HIT WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN MODERN HISTORY. &gt;&gt; I'M TELLING PEOPLE CONSIDER ALL OF THE ROADS CLOSED IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND DO NOT LEAVE UNLESS YOU'RE TRYING TO EVACUATE. GET TO HIGHER GROUND WHICH OR UNLESS THERE IS AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THESE. THESE RIVERS ARE RISING AND IN THE MOUNTAINS, IT HAPPENS FASTER. THE THAT IN THE EAST. &gt;&gt; THE GOVERNOR SAID 30 SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAM. SOME 7 STATES ARE IN THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH CAROLINA TO HELP OUT. SPEAKING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY OR HISTORIC FLOODING WEATHER CAUSED CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, THIS IS NASHVILLE ARE ASKED BILL EARLIER TODAY WHERE A CURFEW IS IN PLACE AS THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER. AND IT WASN'T JUST FLOODING HAVOC. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS IS A COUPLE OF TREES FROM A VIEWER. IT FELL ON THIS HOME IN THE ASHEVILLE AREA OLD, HISTORIC HOME. LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THESE TREES TO BE OURS WILL BE. DAN LEE HAS MORE ON THE DESTRUCTION IN NASHVILLE. &gt;&gt; IT'S BEEN A CHAOTIC DAY HERE IN NASHVILLE THAT FLOOD WATERS FINALLY STARTED TO RECEDE, LEAVING BEHIND THIS MUDDY SLUSH ON THE GROUND. PEOPLE HERE TELL ME THAT THEY CAN'T TURN DOWN A SINGLE STREET WITHOUT SEEING THE FALLEN TREE THAT'S TAKING DOWN POWER LINES. AND THE WORST PART IS THEY DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR THINGS TO RETURN TO NORMAL. &gt;&gt; A PRETTY SCARY THING. WE REALLY LITERALLY CANNOT LEAVE OUR DRIVEWAY. WE CAN'T EXIT OUR STREETS. &gt;&gt; HIGH-SPEED WINDS FROM HURRICANE HELENE KNOCKED DOWN TREES THAT ARE OVER 100 YEARS OLD. BRINGING DOWN A LOT OF POWER LINES WITH THEM. THE MAJORITY OF ASHEVILLE IS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE BACK ON ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES OPEN WAS THIS PUBLIX GROCERY STORE. THE LINE STRETCHED AROUND THE BUILDING. JIM HART SAW CAME TO STOCK UP ON ESSENTIALS AND WITH FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT WASN'T EASY. GETTING HERE. &gt;&gt; IT'S LIKE A MAZE. YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND THE TREES AND THEN CIRCUMNAVIGATE GIGANTIC PINES AND AND THERE ARE POWER LINES DOWN AND YOU DON'T WANT TO GET CLOSE TO THAT. PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO GET TO THE GROCERY STORE CONSIDER THEMSELVES LUCKY. CHARLOTTE ALONG HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM HER HOTEL BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE GOT FLED. IT. IN THE STORM LAST NIGHT WHEN I WENT TO SLEEP, IT WAS FINE. WHEN I WOKE UP. IT WAS JUST FLED IN MY CAR IS UNDERWATER. SO IT'S JUST AWFUL. CLEAN UP. CREWS ARE WORKING TO GET RID OF ALL THE DAMAGE THAT BILTMORE FOREST TOWN MANAGER JONATHAN APPY. &gt;&gt; TELLS ME WITH NO ELECTRICITY AND CELL SERVICE, IT'S HARD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH RESPONSE TEAMS. &gt;&gt; WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO GET EVERYBODY CLEAR THIS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO. IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE TIME. &gt;&gt; PEOPLE HERE HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE BEFORE THEIR POWER GETS TURNED BACK ON. AND CITY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO 7 O'CLOCK CURFEW. THEY'RE URGING PEOPLE</p>

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