Hurricane Helene Turns City Touted as ‘Climate Haven’ Into ‘Apocalyptic’ Disaster Zone
An area touted as a “climate haven” that’d be safe from the adverse effects of global warming is among the most devastated by Hurricane Helene.
The city of Asheville, North Carolina, has consistently topped lists of preferred destinations for Americans looking to pack up and move to a location relatively insulated from the adverse impacts of global warming.
Now, however, the mountain city of 94,000 is the site of “biblical devastation,” said one local emergency services official. That comes after Helene made landfall in Florida and quickly moved north, inciting flash floods that wiped some tiny Carolina city’s entire downtowns—like that of nearby Chimney Rock—off the map.