In western North Carolina, tubing, rafting and kayaking shops are assessing whether the rivers will be safe enough to open by next Summer... Helene’s damage to North Carolina’s Green River ...

Tubing is a favorite summertime activity ... figure out the next tomorrow,” Bell said. All the rivers that are part of Western North Carolina's outdoor recreation activity will require a ...

Most recreational rivers in Western North Carolina were decimated by Hurricane ... A summer camp, a kayak school and a tubing outpost are all washed away. “I don’t know how that business ...

In addition to the Green, the Helene floods caused other Western North Carolina rivers to overflow its banks, ravaging nearly everything in its path. Businesses along the French Broad, the Nolichucky ...