Blue Ridge Public Radio is providing updates on conditions in WNC via their blog at www.bpr.org/live-updates/live-blog-hurricane-helene-wnc.
Drivers should not go into restricted areas because it endangers the driver’s life and that of first responders who are busy at work with rescues.
A total of 12 counties in Western North Carolina have confirmed Helene-related deaths, including: Buncombe (61); Ashe (1); Avery (3); Burke (1); Haywood (4); Henderson (6); Macon (1); Madison (3); Polk (1); Rutherford (2); Watauga (2); Yancey (9).
Haywood County has opened a supply center which will offer both a shower facility and food for local residents. The new supply and distribution center is located at the IP Sports Complex, 305 Silkwood Drive. It will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please bring bags or boxes to carry items.
A water distribution center is now open at the Linwood Crump Shiloh Community Center. The site is in addition to the other two centers at Asheville Middle School and Pack Square.
The Jewish Community Center at 236 Charlotte St. will allow residents to fill containers with water from the center’s pool on Thursday and Friday starting at 10 a.m. This water can be used to flush toilets.
More than 50 AdventHealth physicians will be seeing patients at the Medical Office Building at 50 Hospital Drive in Hendersonville. AdventHealth Medical Group Family Medicine at Biltmore Park will also be open today, October 3, 2024.
Mission Health System has set up a website to share facility updates, community resources and the status of each hospital and office in the system. Go to www.missionhealth.org/helene.
Henderson County Resource Hub locations will be open today beginning at 9 a.m. for water distribution and other supplies as they become available.
The Resource Hub locations:
– Etowah Elementary, 320 Etowah School Road, Etowah, NC 28729
– Rugby Middle, 3345 Haywood Rd., Hendersonville, NC 28791
– East Henderson…
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