Original article source: Flooding swamps Asheville area as North Carolina mountains brace for Helene's life-threatening rainfall ...

But today, six months removed from the devastation, Asheville and western North ... growth spring brings this year.” Sessoms will be part of that new growth, thanks to Cooks for Carolina ...

That's the reality for nearly 13,000 Asheville residents half ... bloom across the Appalachians this spring. But wildfires across Western North Carolina may jeopardize those plans.