Helene wiped out large parts of Asheville, North Carolina, including businesses in the beloved River Arts District.

"It was really surreal," Syd Yatteau, who lives near the Swannanoa River, told USA Today. "Like, at the beginning it was all fun and games. Just watching the water be where it was." In Hickory ...

Syd Yatteau, with her family members Erik and Lana Maystruk, were sheltering in place when the Swannanoa River reached about 26 feet at Biltmore Village on Friday. The next day, Yatteau walked ...

"It was really surreal," Syd Yatteau, who lives near the Swannanoa River, told USA Today. "Like, at the beginning it was all fun and games. Just watching the water be where it was." In Hickory, N.C., ...

said Syd Yatteau, who lives near the Swannanoa River. Even as the flood waters rose, creeping up the side of a hill and onto their driveway, she said they did not receive an evacuation order.