Much of Western North Carolina was left in the dark on Sept. 28, the morning after Hurricane Helene swept through the region causing widespread power, internet and cell phone outages.

The storm followed another powerful system that dumped several inches of rain and caused flash flooding on Sept. 26. Helene's heavy rains and hurricane-force winds brought down trees on power lines and left many stranded in their homes in the flood waters.

The City of Asheville enforced a curfew on Sept. 27 of 7:30 p.m. which wasn't lifted until 7:30 a.m. Sept. 28.

Henderson County was also hit hard by the hurricane. Chief Communications Officer Mike Morgan told News 13 that power was out everywhere on Saturday morning.

"We are starting to see the roads improve, but there are still

IMPORTANT LINKS

TRAFFIC: Crews were out trying to get the roads back open as quickly as possible. The most updated road closures is available at . As of 8:12 a.m., North Carolina reports 69 closures on main roads and 344 on secondary roads.

SHELTERS: reports 12 open shelters in North Carolina. The link provides details of each.

POWER OUTAGES: Click on these links for the most updated outage maps for and French Broad Electric. As of 8:30 a.m. Sept. 28, Duke Energy reports 666,000 outages. French Broad reports over 41,000 outages.

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