The News & Observer
Parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway remain closed in NC two years after Helene
The Blue Ridge Parkway at Gooch Gap, near Little Switzerland, North Carolina, after remnants of Hurricane Helene hit in September 2024. This section of the parkway remains closed two years later.
Asheville Citizen-Times
Two years later, Helene scars linger across WNC public lands
The scale of damage outside of populated areas in WNC was tremendous. Major closures remain in the Smokies, along the Blue Ridge Parkway and on the Appalachian Trail. Tourism businesses are slowly ...