The destruction in Asheville looks like something out of a movie.
Propane tanks, refrigerators and what appeared to be pieces of someone’s home were left strewn in the path of a bridge — the force of the flood water was so great it picked up everything in its way.
Now, residents are left in disbelief at the looming clean-up task ahead of them.
“I think we’re all kind of coming out of that shellshock, it took me seeing this for the first time to really grasp everything that everybody’s been through,” Alexis Dossett told Channel 9′s Jonathan Lowe on Monday.
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Chopper 9 Skyzoom flew over Asheville’s flood-ravaged River Arts District on Saturday. Days later, the rivers have receded, but they’ve revealed the heartwrenching extent of the damage.
“The artists that were there, and it’s a big part of our community — for it to just be wiped out, that’s a lot, it’s a big hit for us,” said Mark McCauley.
And it wasn’t just the flooding that displaced thousands.