The destruction of local roads, bridges, and even a major interstate kept Asheville and surrounding towns mostly cut off from the rest of the world for days after Hurricane Helene. The reopening of I-40 between Asheville and Tennessee is a milestone in the rebuilding effort. 

How to build a road made to last, from WUNC's podcast The Broadside.

And, four families navigate housing after Hurricane Helene in the Blue Ridge Public Radio series "Living in Limbo."

Guests

Richard Stradling, Transportation Reporter at The Raleigh News & Observer 

Anisa Khalifa, host, The Broadside 

Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Producer, The Broadside  

Laura Hackett, Reporter at Blue Ridge Public Radio 

Gerard Albert III, Western North Carolina and Rural Communities Reporter at Blue Ridge Public Radio