Collection of newspaper clippings of articles pertaining to historic floods in Western North Carolina (including the Floods of 1916, 1928, 1940, 1949, 1972, 1973, and 2004) originally published in regional newspapers such as the Asheville Citizen-Times (and its predecessors, the Asheville Citizen and the Asheville Times).
1976 Flood - associated photos
Businesses challenge government response to Frances
Too Destructive: French Broad Plan Irks
Storms Rake Carolinas
Park Association for the Weeks Law
Day in Congress
A Daily Lesson In History
French Broad at Nine Foot Stage and Still Rising
French Broad is Slowly Receding but Still High
Seriously Speaking
Great Hurricane Exhausts Force in the Mountains
Train Service Into Asheville From East Suspended at Present
Asheville Victims Claimed By Flood
Trail of Devastation Gradually Revealed as the Flood Waters Recede
Executive Committee Meets to Form Plans
French Broad Falls Slowly But Surely
Contributions Near the Ten Thousand Mark
Reaper Claims More
"Exaggerated Reports" Born on the Streets of Asheville
Traffic Blocked by Big Slides Caused by Rains
WNC Flood Damage Esitmated at $750,000
Flood Over; Things Back to Normal
Henderson's Damage in Flood is Over $50k
Shows Airport Site Far Above Flood Waters
Heavy Rainfall Sends Streams Out of Banks
Floods Sweep W.N.C. Towns
Rain Swollen Streams Leave Trail of Death
Many Refuse to Leave
Flood Takes Two Lives in W.N.C. Area
W.N.C. Sections are Cleaning Up After Big Flood
Marshall's Mud Turns to Dust
TVA Engineers to Study Flood Control Project
Flood Control Projects to be Considered
High Waters are Receding in WNC Area
Fighting the Floods
Flood Damage in WNC May Total $1 Million
Our Floods Are Preventable
53 Briges Were Washed Out in Floods
Forecast: Asheville and Vicinity
WNC Begins Drying Out From Rain