TRAGIC: Bodies Were Found In Trees In Asheville, North Carolina

The death toll from flooding in Asheville, North Carolina, has hit 40.

The New York Post reported some residents near Asheville have reported bodies have been found in trees days after hurricane Helene hit the Tar Heel state.

Alyssa Hudson told the New York Post, “There were bodies in trees. They were finding bodies under rubble.”

In total, the death toll from Hurricane Helene has hit 133, and those deaths have been reported in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and the Carolinas.

Death toll triples in Asheville area after Hurricane Helene guts North Carolina: ‘There were bodies in the trees’ https://t.co/IRq5QpIgno pic.twitter.com/Dz2nJkHuHr

— New York Post (@nypost) September 30, 2024

Here’s what The New York Post reported:

The death toll from catastrophic flooding in the Asheville area of western North Carolina more than tripled on Monday to at least 40 — as survivors in remote mountain towns described seeing the bodies of victims stuck in trees.

Nationwide, there have been at least 133 fatalities from Hurricane Helene, which has cut a path of death and destruction across the Southeast since making landfall last Thursday.

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“There were bodies in trees. They were finding bodies under rubble,” said Alyssa Hudson, whose home of Black Mountain — a village of 8,400 people about 12 miles from Asheville — was all but destroyed.

The rains smashed the mountains of Buncombe County, which contains Asheville, washing away whole communities in floodwaters and mudslides. Roadways were buried or dissolved altogether, leaving victims cut off from rescue crews.

There were bodies in trees. They were finding bodies under rubble,” said Alyssa Hudson, whose home of Black Mountain — a village of 8,400 people about 12 miles from Asheville — was all but destroyed.
Source: New York Post https://t.co/NkyeZdf9d8

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Per USA Today:

Photos and videos captured the “biblical devastation” in Asheville, North Carolina as residents scramble to find resources after flooding and power outages caused gas and water shortages.

Roads were submerged, vehicles and homes were destroyed and residents were left to pick up the pieces left by Helene, which drenched the area with torrential rain late last week after making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Florida.

“Tropical Storm Helene severely damaged the production and distribution system of the City of Asheville’s water system,” the City of Asheville announced in a statement on Saturday. “Extensive repairs are required to treatment facilities, underground and aboveground water pipes, and to roads that have washed away which are preventing water personnel from accessing parts of the system.”