Lisa Plemmons was getting ready for work at an Asheville assisted living home Sept. 27, when Tropical Storm Helene's rain ...

Editor’s note: Citizen Times reporter Ryley Ober kayaked about 20 miles of the Swannanoa River from Black Mountain to the French Broad River in early November to document the aftermath of Helene.

Neighbors fighting to rescue neighbors. People stuck on trees, rooftops for hours. Lives lost. The remnants of Helene in the ...