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Live updates: The latest on flooding and weather in Western North Carolina amid Hurricane Helene's assault on the Southeast.
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During the height of Hurricane Helene, BPR’s Rural Communities Reporter Gerard Albert III was stationed in the Transylvania County area. Here are the photos he took.
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