注意！北卡洪水暴漲，多地交通阻礙眾多民眾被困

周二下午，由於山體滑坡，靠近37出口(威金斯路)的40號州際公路右車道關閉。據NCDOT報道，道路在晚上7點左右被清理乾淨。

據報道，阿什維爾附近的40號州際公路和19號美國公路發生了岩石滑坡。目前還沒有其他細節。

其他封閉道路包括:

• Sandy Mush Creek Road (SR 1394) near Earlys Mountain Road close to Asheville
• State Road 1520 (Cemetery Road)
• State Road 1110 near Brevard
• U.S. 19/23 near Church Street and Bridge Street in Canton
• State Road 1608  near Willis Cove Road near Canton
• State Road 1328 near State Road 1341 north of Etowah
• State Road 1126
• State Road 1551
• North Rugby Road near Rugby Drive in Fletcher
• U.S. 276 (Pisgah Highway)
• State Road 1191 is closed
• U.S.64 near State Road 1613 Slick Rock Road northeast of Hendersonville
• U.S.64 near State Road 1723 Pressley Road northeast of Hendersonville
• State Road 1755 near Hendersonville
• State Road 1304 near U.S. 25 close to the Tennessee line.
• Southbound U.S. 25 near River Road in Madison County
• U.S. 70 near Warren Wilson Road
• U.S. 178 (Pickens Highway) near Main Street in Rosman
• N.C. 215 near U.S. 64 near Rosman
• State Road 1309 (Silverstein)
• U.S. 276  near Harley Creek Road east of Waynesville

當局表示， Yancey County 的道路狀況很危險，許多道路被沖走或被水淹沒，還有一些道路被倒下的樹木和泥石流堵塞或部分堵塞。不要試圖開車穿過積水。

周二下午，在坎德勒的斯莫基公園高速公路上，救援人員正在搜尋從一輛被淹沒的汽車裡出來的人。

阿什維爾消防部門的工作人員報告說，熱帶風暴弗雷德變成低氣壓，給北卡羅萊納州西部帶來幾英寸的降雨，導致洪水泛濫，在斯莫基公園高速公路800個街區的許多司機被困。