The North Carolina Forest Service has finished its aerial damage assessment from Hurricane Helene and the numbers are pretty big.

An estimated $214,000,000 in timber damage occurred across all state forest land. 822,000 acres of forestland received some sort of damage during the storm.

78% of the damage occurred on private property defined as individuals, corporations, and other ownerships. 21% occurred on public property, defined as US Forest Service and other public ownerships. 1% of the damage occurred on reserved lands such as parklands.

The heaviest damage was located in Buncombe and McDowell counties.

Source: myfox8.com