A year to the day Hurricane Helene arrived in North Carolina, a mountain landslide closed a popular road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rangers said Saturday.
“The Gatlinburg Bypass is closed until further notice due to a large landslide that occurred Saturday morning following heavy rainfall,” according to a post on the park’s social media channels around 3 p.m.
“The road is currently impassable, and park officials are actively assessing the situation,” rangers said…