HISTORIC FLOODS IN HAYWOOD COUNTY HAVE LEFT UP TO 30 INDIVIDUALS UNACCOUNTED FOR AFTER TUESDAY’S DEVISTATING RAINS FROM TROPICAL STORM FRED. IN A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PRESS CONFRENCE, HAYWOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR TRAVIS DONALDSON STATED THAT THE PIGEON RIVER PEAKED AT 19.6 FEET WHICH EXEEDED THE 2004 HISTORIC FLOOD. ONGOING SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS CONTINUED THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE CRUSO AND LAKE LOGAN AREAS. N.C CONGRESSMAN MADISON CAWTHORN SAID HIS TEAM WERE ON THE GROUND WEDNESDAY
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ROAD CLOSURES AND BOIL WATER ADVISORIES ARE STILL IN EFFECT FOR THE TOWNS OF CANTON AND CLYDE.
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