MountainXpress has an interesting story this week about the tremendous flood that affected western North Carolina, and Asheville in particular, in mid-July 1916. According to their story, “the tail end of a hurricane, coming close on the heels of another one, had dumped 22 inches of rain on Western North Carolina in 24 hours, inundating the already sodden valleys. Mountainsides tumbled, and rivers overflowed their banks.”
You can read more about this storm at https://mountainx.com/news/remembering-the-great-flood-of-1916/. The article describes a documentary, Come Hell or High Water, exploring the catastrophe through descendants’ memories, historical photos and contemporary accounts.
