Asheville has been largely cut off after Helene wrecked roads and knocked out power and cell service

(28 Sep 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Asheville, North Carolina – 27 September 2024 1. Various of heavy rain and debris on roads 2. Car submerged in water 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Janetta Barfield, traveling nurse: “I got off work and I was kind of excited about getting to go home. So, I took off and I came down there, down the street here, and I saw the water in the road. I saw a car go before me and it made it okay. And I waited till it got to the next block. And then I thought, okay, I think that’ll be okay for me. And it was unbelievably how fast that creek got just in like five minutes. That street that was full of water. And I got my car about halfway up the block and it just shut off.” 4. Wide shot of flooded road 5. Close up of water on road 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Janetta Barfield, traveling nurse: “And even before the officer got to me, the water was all the way up to my chest inside my car.” 7. Janetta Barfield on bridge overlooki