North Carolina is under a state ... roads as the storm moves across the state. The NCDOT said they have also cleared more than 270 abandoned vehicles from highway shoulders to keep roadways ...

People leaving the Asheville area should use I-40 East or I-26 East. Click or tap here to view an interactive map of road closures in western North Carolina.

The largest fires in WNC were the Deep Woods and Black Cove fires in Polk County not far from Hendersonville, that forced evacuations in Polk and Henderson counties along with states of emergency.

Even as the flames spread, the fires are much smaller than the worst wildfires in both states' histories. Newsweek reached out to the North Carolina State Climate Office (NCSCO) b ...