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October 12, 2026

PVC pipes swept away by Hurricane Helene flooding still dominate cleanup of North Carolina river

  • Hundreds of thousands of them were swept away from a factory site north of Asheville.
    • By TAMMY WEBBER and ALLISON JOYCE
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Allison Joyce [enlarge]
    In this photo from July, PVC pipe cleared from the riverbank is dumped at MountainTrue headquarters in Alexander, N.C.

    WOODFIN, N.C. — They're piled on river banks, lodged in uprooted trees, embedded in sediment and jammed under logs. Many are tangled in mounds of debris up to two stories high.


     
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