Source: Sam DeGrave, ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES 5/19/18

 Heavy rain pushed the French Broad River well past flood stage Saturday in parts of Buncombe and Henderson counties, closing roads and impeding travel. In the past six days, Asheville Regional Airport, one of the National Weather Service's monitoring stations, recorded almost 9.5 inches of rain. That's nearly three times the typical amount of rain the area receives during the entire month of May, said Scott Krentz a weather service meteorologist. 

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