Blue Ridge Parkway to be closed indefinitely, National Park Service says.
The country’s most-visited national park site, Blue Ridge Parkway, will remain closed indefinitely, the National Park Service said Wednesday.
The closure affects the entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway, though some parts were hit harder than others by storm damage. It comes right as the region and scenic road typically see a boom in tourism, as weather cools and the leaves change colors.
National park officials said the closure will be in place as crews continue their initial assessment of the damage from Tropical Storm Helene. The 469-mile scenic road starts at the Shenandoah National Park and ends at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Parkway winds through the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia and North Carolina, two states that suffered serious flooding and storm damage.
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My grandmother lived in Black Mountain so I spent a lot of time there, beautiful part of the country, I can't grasp this devastation, either. 
I love seeing the Lilly and sunflower beds. They are all over NC where the DOT owns the property. For example, on the medians and some roadsides where the on and off ramps are located along the interstate highways like I-40.
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I have childhood memories of many family vacations spent in the Smokey Mountains, driving the BRP. My heart aches for all the devastation and all the people suffering now and for the foreseeable future. It's just awful.
The power of the mountains is next in force.
No one wants additional deaths and heartache from rock slides and mud flows here.
The Army Corp of Engineering along with the DOT's will no doubt have to evaluate everything.
Until new trees and other stabilizing plants are established it's going to be dangerous and unpredictably so.
Thanks so much for sharing this and thank you for visiting the North Carolina Group, elleng.
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