Nearly a year after Helene, a private college in western NC is still recovering - Open Campus

Nearly a year after Helene, a private college in western NC is still recovering - Open Campus

Nearly a year ago, Helene brought unprecedented flooding to western North Carolina – wiping out roadways, triggering more than 2,000 landslides, and taking the lives of more than 100 people. The Swannanoa Valley was especially hard hit, home to a namesake river that broke a flood record after it crested over 26 feet. About two and a half miles of the river runs through Warren Wilson College, which had to shut down for almost a month after Helene…