ASHEVILLE - The river had receded from its peak in the River Arts District, exposing the devastation to businesses caused by Tropical Storm Helene. On Sept. 30, Larry Hopkins, owner of Ananda West, diligently mopped up the hair salon's mud-caked floor at 37 Paynes Way,

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

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