This photo shows the flooded Greene Rd. Bridge in Newland, N.C. between Boone and Asheville in Avery County after Tropical Storm Helene. NC DOT A viral claim that 15 people died of hypothermia in ...

AVERY COUNTY, N.C. — As temperatures plummet and snow blankets the mountains, Avery County officials are offering emergency shelter assistance while local residents step up to help neighbors in ...