The homes in Beacon Village were built very close to each other, so it was a short swim to the neighboring roof, where Jim, Allie and Piper joined a woman, a traveling nurse who was asleep when the ...

John Zara explains how he, his wife and two children escaped their home when water levels nearly reached the attic in ...

A Florida doctor was arrested after sheriff deputies found him in a U-Haul with more than $12,000 in stolen donations meant ...

Daniel Rueda has lived in Swannanoa working in the construction industry for 19 years.He owned seven mobile homes along the ...

Beacon Village in Swannanoa, North Carolina, was hit hard by Hurricane Helene, with floodwaters filling the neighborhood within 30 minutes. The damage left behind includes cars caked with mud, a barn ...

Former President Donald Trump visited Swannanoa Oct. 21 where he and his supporters repeated misinformation about FEMA.

As floodwaters rose inside of his home and threatened his life, a Swannanoa man sought refuge on the roof with his dog.

Inspiring acts in the face of disaster are the heart of an exclusive book, “Mountain Strong,” from the Asheville Citizen Times and USA TODAY Network.

Asheville Watchdog is bringing you the stories behind the staggering loss of life from Helene, the children, parents, grandparents, multiple generations of a single family, all gone in one of the ...

Do not drive unless you are moving to higher ground. Here's what we know about flooding at the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers associated with several evacuation orders. NOAA and USGS river ...

On Thursday, Charlotte Motor Speedway delivered several pallets of donations for those in the area looking for clothes, food, ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout ... and lifted the white Dodge Charger out of the Swannanoa River on Sunday, brown water and mud ...