Relief efforts continue in Asheville and the Western North Carolina area where a major disaster due to Tropical Storm Helene has left communities devastated, roads impassable and thousands without power.

There have been "multiple" fatalities as a result of Tropical Storm Helene in Buncombe County, officials say. No count was provided.

Swannanoa River Road in Asheville appeared destroyed as asphalt was strewn across South Tunnel Road. A trio took in neighbors as homes were destroyed.

The women’s golf coach at UNC Asheville has no idea when he will get back to campus, let alone what will be at campus when he returns. Hurricane Helene ravaged Asheville and other places in the lower Appalachia region,

Residents in Asheville, North Carolina are reeling from the devastation left by Hurricane Helene as officials continue search and rescue efforts amid catastrophic flooding, landslides.

For many business owners in Asheville's River Arts District, the destruction is total due to the record floods.

Residents living near Asheville's River Arts District are surveying immense damage left by flooding triggered by Hurricane Helene. WRAL's Brett Knese reports.