destroyed homes, crops, mills, and bridges. Four lives lost. July 16, near main gate of Biltmore Estate. Flooding in Asheville, North Carolina in July 1916 (NC State Archives) The Great Flood of ...

The extreme impacts from the storm devastated communities in Asheville and western portions of the state, where homes were destroyed ... and fatal flood. Dubbed as the "Great Flood," the flood ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. − Asheville's "Great Flood," of 1916 brought inconceivable ... hundreds of homes and scores of roads were damaged or destroyed in the floods. Many neighborhoods in western ...