A heavy rainstorm Saturday evening and four subsequent mudslides have closed U.S. 19/74 in the Nantahala Gorge through the night, and traffic is being detoured around the area. A 2.8-inch deluge ...

Debris from Nantahala River has been removed after multiple landslides that happened Aug. 24.Contractors removed an estimated 350 dump truck loads of soil and rock and 150 truckloads of woody debris ...

Press release from N.C. Department of Transportation: BRYSON CITY – A major highway in the mountains is set to reopen tonight — one day earlier than expected. N.C. Department of Transportation ...

Rock slides closed parts of two highways in the N.C. mountains this weekend after rains, emergency officials said. A slide closed Interstate 40 westbound in McDowell County on Friday night and U.S. 19 ...

FRANKLIN, NC (WSPA) – The U.S. Forest Service issued an emergency closure order for the Nantahala Gorge. According to a news release, due to hazardous conditions in the gorge from several landslides, ...