"Record Flood Stage. This stage last occurred in April of 1791 according to Tennessee Valley Authority records. Catastrophic flooding of the Swannanoa River Valley is likely," the National Water Prediction Service posted on the river gauge's website.

At least 44 people died in five states from storm-related causes following Helene’s landfall on Thursday night.

The worst of Helene’s storm is behind, but the aftermath troubles much of the southeastern U.S. with at least 56 people dead and millions without power days after the former hurricane’s landfall. Now considered a post-tropical cyclone,

Helene prompted hurricane and flash flood warnings extending far beyond the coast up into northern Georgia and western North Carolina.