The relentless rain associated with Hurricane Isaias didn’t stop some hikers from venturing onto trails and greenways in North Carolina, leading to life-threatening predicaments, officials say.
Rescues were reported in multiple counties on Saturday, including people found in floodwaters, clinging to a piece of a dock along the Freedom Trail Greenway in Burke County, officials say.
Three 911 calls were received Saturday in Avery County at the height of the storm, one involving a hiker who was in danger of being swept away by a rising creek, according to the Linville-Central Rescue Squad in Newland.
“Just before 7 p.m. we were alerted to a hiker on Profile Trail who had slipped and fallen into the water and was clinging to a tree,” according to the rescue squad. “It’s a small creek, but 3.5 to 4 inches of rain made it substantially bigger.”…