This week’s rain has already led to more than a dozen mudslides in areas of western North Carolina that are still recovering from Hurricane Helene.
Several inches of rain have fallen over towns like Bat Cave in the last few days. Jake Jarvis, a local grader working to restore different parts of the town, has seen the mudslide impact in the Lake Lure area.
There have been at least 15 new landslides in areas left unstable by Helene, according to Jarvis. He also shared photos of a concrete deck that pulled away from a home’s foundation…