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In September 2024, Hurricane Helene dumped more than 14 inchesof rain on North Carolina, triggering flash floods andmudslides, causing over billion of damage, and killingmore than 100 people. A shocked nation wondered how the citythat bore the brunt of the destruction – Asheville, at2,000 feet above sea level and more than 250 miles inland –could have suffered such a fate. With eyewitness testimony,dramatic unseen videos, drone flyovers, and 3D animations,NOVA pieces together a moment-by-moment account of theAsheville disaster. And it looks to other recent flash floods– including the devastating Fourth of July 2025 floods in theTexas Hill Country, and catastrophic flooding in Valencia,Spain – for lessons that might help prevent the nextdisaster. Are these violent floods becoming more frequent andferocious? And what can communities do to protect themselves inthe future?