HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — In Bat Cave, rebuilding is still very much underway.
Sections of Highway 64, Highway 74 and Highway 9 still have massive erosion and are down to one lane, especially near Bat Cave and Gerton. If you look over the edge of the road, it’s as if Hurricane Helene took a chisel and carved out pieces of the mountainside.
Blake Smith was at his home in Bat Cave when Helene hit the heart of Appalachia and proceeded to try and tear it apart…