For many business owners in Asheville's River Arts District, the destruction is total due to the record floods.

I don’t even know how to describe how I feel,” a gallery worker said. “I feel hopeless and helpless, like I need to be doing more to help other people.”

Through striking before-and-after images, see the vibrant River Arts District community marked by the harsh realities of devastation following Helene.

Residents living near Asheville's River Arts District are surveying immense damage left by flooding triggered by Hurricane Helene. WRAL's Brett Knese reports.

Asheville's River Arts District businesses assess damage and consider next steps after historic flooding from remnants of Hurricane Helene.

The river that runs through Asheville, North Carolina, is littered with artwork drifting downstream after deadly floods from Hurricane Helene decimated the mountain city's arts district, a linchpin of tourism in the area that some residents fear will never recover.

David Sheldon, an artist who showcases his work in Asheville's famed River Arts District, escaped from Helene's devastation to Raleigh with his insulin-dependent cat.