Western Carolinas

And then that heavy rainfall threat's gonna extend well inland as well.

We could see significant flash flooding up through portions of Georgia into portions of the Western Carolinas and southern Appalachians as we go through tonight and into Saturday and Saturday night.

Yeah.

To your point, Michael, we're looking at possible wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour, even possible in the Smoky Mountains.

Uh, there could be a dangerous storm surge to this.

Uh, but they, uh, three to seven inches could trigger flash flooding near the coast, accumulations of one to three inches, uh, farther inland into the states of Tennessee and the Western Carolinas.

I'm telling you that we're gonna get some wind and rain out of this Saturday, and Sat- especially Saturday night.

Mm.

This didn't mean his name was Powell, but it meant he likely shared a common ancestor with them within the last century.

Further genetic links trace the Western Carolinas, especially Transylvania and Pickens Counties.

Colleen placed Benjamin's photos in local newspapers and began collecting DNA samples from the surrounding areas.

Weeks turned into months, hundreds of hours of volunteer labor.