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网页Oct 4, 2024. The following is a running list of important updates on flood recovery in Haywood County — from groceries, I-40, water status, mail routes, power, school, travel advisories and more. This list is updated with need-to-know information daily online, as well as print editions of The Mountaineer. Sep 27, 2024. Sep 26, 2024. Sep 24, 2024.
'The interstate has basically gone into the river': I-40 through …
网页4 小时之前 — The stunning damage to Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge makes it impossible to create a timeline for its reopening, given engineers are still figuring out the best way to fix it. The Pigeon River scoured away the mountainside that held up the roadbed. Now that roadbed is gone, collapsing out ...
Revised tourism message still casts cloud over Haywood, …
网页3 小时之前 — WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES — This message was issued by Haywood County on Oct. 2. A new message issued Oct. 10 is accompanied by a picture of downtown Waynesville in fall. SYMPATHETIC — Waynesville Town Councilman Jon Feichter (right) talks with merchants following a meeting. He thinks the tourism messaging is too focused on what’s ...
Edwards: Government shut-down would've worsened catastrophe
网页4 小时之前 — Edwards: Government shut-down would've worsened catastrophe. As Western North Carolina’s Congressman Chuck Edwards focuses on disaster response in his 15-county district ravaged by Hurricane Helene, he’s especially thankful the government is still running. “Can you imagine Western North Carolina dealing …
Struggling to understand magnitude of loss after Helene
网页4 小时之前 — On Friday, Sept. 27, Bethany, Selah and I found ourselves in a frightening situation. For hours, sleep was impossible as we faced the uncertainty of the storm. Thankfully, when the worst passed, we found ourselves spared from the most severe damage — just a small leak, no power, and eventually, no cell service to …
Complete devastation: Canton ravaged by the worst flooding yet
网页2024年10月2日 — That’s how Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers described the flooding unleashed by the Pigeon River on Friday. Indeed, even for this battle-hardened town that’s been through it before — once in 2004 and once in 2021 — the utter destruction was the worst yet. The river crested higher, and thus the footprint was larger, than previous floods.
Massive widespread flooding has Haywood on lockdown
网页2024年9月27日 — Much of Waynesville was impassable as of mid-mornig Friday. All ways in and out of Waynesville are flooded, that includes Russ Avenue, Richland Creek, Frog Level and Hazelwood which are all under a few feet of water. Waynesville Police Department 911 dispatch reported a backlog of 200 incoming 911 calls shortly after 10 a.m. Friday.
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网页Mega list of Haywood flood assistance resources: supplies, food, aid, donations and more. Oct 4, 2024. The following is a running list of food and supply distribution sites, resources for storm victims, as well as volunteer and donation opportunities. The list is updated daily online at themountaineer.com by clicking “Disaster Assistance ...
Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summit
网页4 天之前 — Developing nations suffer disproportionately from climate change and are seeking a deal at COP29 that ensures upwards of $1 trillion annually in "climate finance" -- 10 times current amounts. They want the new agreement to cover not just money for low-carbon technology and adaptation measures like sea walls but for disaster recovery as well ...
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网页2023年5月31日 — Lightning strikes, dog-walking trail, tax collections and other county business. Aug 8, 2020. Lightning struck the Haywood County Health and Human Services building on Paragon Parkway, causing as much as $25,000 of damage to the air con….