A flood advisory was released by the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC on Tuesday at 6:18 p.m. in effect until 9:30 p.m. for ...

Asheville and Buncombe County both require that the lowest inhabitable floor in new structures built in the 100-year floodplain be at least 2 feet above the level floodwaters would reach in a 100 ...

Fewer than one percent of Buncombe structures, including homes and businesses, are covered by flood insurance, according to an Asheville Watchdog analysis of data from the National Flood Insurance ...

Buncombe County is part of the National Flood Insurance Program, ... Pennington said, and then would push for higher discounts after new floodplain maps were released.

Buncombe County, like most governments across the state, is using 2010 flood maps, Pennington said. Such maps don’t reflect the risk that residents face as more rain events occur thanks to ...

Buncombe County and surrounding areas are under a flash flood watch through June 22, says National Weather Service. Here's what to expect.

In Buncombe County, N.C., where an entire town disappeared beneath floodwaters, less than 1 percent of households had flood insurance. In Unicoi County, Tenn., where dozens of residents were ...

Outdated FEMA flood maps labeled thousands of North Carolina homes as “low risk ... About 2,100 properties were in FEMA’s flood zone in Buncombe County compared to 19,500 identified ...

John Harold, the city manager for Black Mountain, told CBS 17 Sunday that more than 600 people were still missing in Buncombe County, down from 1,000 just after the storm.

On Oct. 3, Buncombe County officials confirmed 72 deaths, making up about 60% of Western North Carolina’s at least 120 confirmed deaths, according to previous USA Today reporting.

SWANNANOA, N.C. (WLOS) — Search teams with Urban Search and Rescue and the National Guard are in Buncombe County – specifically Swannanoa – looking for flood victims or victims in mudslide ...