Bodies found in trees after horrific hurricane Helene

 NY Post:

The death toll from catastrophic flooding in the Asheville area of western North Carolina more than tripled on Monday to at least 40 — as survivors in remote mountain towns described seeing the bodies of victims stuck in trees.

Nationwide, there have been at least 133 fatalities from Hurricane Helene, which has cut a path of death and destruction across the Southeast since making landfall last Thursday.
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“There were bodies in trees. They were finding bodies under rubble,” said Alyssa Hudson, whose home of Black Mountain — a village of 8,400 people about 12 miles from Asheville — was all but destroyed.

The rains smashed the mountains of Buncombe County, which contains Asheville, washing away whole communities in floodwaters and mudslides. Roadways were buried or dissolved altogether, leaving victims cut off from rescue crews.
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“We started seeing videos of our house posted to Facebook,” Hudson said. “Our floors are caved in, our walls are gone. We had a shed in our backyard that they found two miles away.”
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Hudson and her boyfriend managed to escape before the worst of the flooding, but her friends and neighbors trapped in town reported harrowing tales of bodies floating in ditches and residents fighting for their lives against the rising tide.
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I mentioned before that my 20-year-old granddaughter and her Dad live on a mountain in the area.  They are safe but the road up to their house is gone.  The rainfall has caused what is being described as a 100-year flood.  It is causing mobility problems that will take some time to resolve.