Tropical Storm Helene devastated Asheville and Western North Carolina, destroying roads, downing power lines and demolishing entire towns. See aerial images of the damage.

Elections officials in western North Carolina originally planned to open 80 early voting sites for the general election, storm damage from Helene and road closures have reduced that number to 76

Hurricane Helene was a historic storm that will be on the minds of those affected for years to come. During the evening of Sept. 26, the storm made landfall along Florida’s Big Bend area as a category 4 with wind speeds of 140 mph.

Before Helene, that part of his Henderson County farm had been lined with thousands of Granny Smith and Gala apple trees, which had only matured enough to produce a commercially viable amount of fruit. Nix watched from his son's house on a hill as Helene's flooding turned them into weapons of destruction.

Thirteen people were killed in the flooding and landslide that resulted, including 11 members of the Craig family.