Asheville’s Biltmore Village faces a long road to recovery as residents band together

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The high water has receded and much of the chaos has calmed, but it will take weeks if not months before the city’s renowned Biltmore Village returns to prominence.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The high water has receded and much of the chaos has calmed, but it will take weeks if not months before the city’s renowned Biltmore Village returns to prominence.

On Saturday, a nearby river was now choked with trash, mud, metal and dirt. Shopping and eating out had become nonexistent.

And the tree branches, logs and dumpsters that floated through the river last weekend are in the same place.

Scenes of devastation in Biltmore Village in Asheville, N.C.Deon J. Hampton / NBC NewsIn fact, many of the features that gave Biltmore its charm and prestige have been washed away with the floods brought by Hurricane Helene.

Walking past a big truck lying face down in a pool of brown water on Saturday, Gabriel Smith, 19, said he wants life to return to what it was before.

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