Amid sporadic cloud coverage there are three locations visible and zoomed in on with a pop-out bubble. They are Asheville, center left, shown with a brown swath interrupting the city streets. In the upper center the Burnett Reservoir shows the waters being a very murky brown. Black Mountain, center right, shows similar brown soil covers human settlement areas.

Flash Floods Swamp North Carolina

Torrential rains from Hurricane Helene swamped communities in the mountainous western part of the state. View the full story

Credits: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison and Lauren Dauphin