WAYNESVILLE, N.C. — A section of Interstate 40 in western North Carolina that collapsed during Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding is getting ready to reopen. The North Carolina Department of ...

North Carolina is still rebuilding after Hurricane Helene's devastation ... including Interstate-40, were washed away during flooding caused by the storm in September 2024. While the Tennessee ...

The flooding Pigeon River washed away more ... Still, the reopening is a milestone in the recovery from Helene. Before the storm, I-40 was the busiest connection between North Carolina and points ...

(WSPA) – A stretch of Interstate 40 connecting North Carolina ... available for emergency response. Historic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene caused large stretches of the interstate to ...

I-40 was destroyed by Hurricane Helene five months ago. Flash flooding along the Pigeon River damaged large sections of the eastbound lanes near the Tennessee line. NCDOT reopened one lane in each ...

Before Hurricane Helene washed out a 4-mile stretch of I-40 connecting North Carolina and ... causing widespread and devastating flooding that transformed entire communities into scenes of ...

It's now been six months since the remnants of Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina. The storm is blamed for at ...