A mudslide from Hurricane Helene flooding resulted in a partial collapse of the highway, a major thoroughfare through the Southern Appalachians.

Interstate 40 is impassable between Tennessee and Asheville, North Carolina, and beyond, because of catastrophic floods from the remnants of Hurricane Helene. A mudslide and flooding have shut down the route.

Part of I-40 going into North Carolina has washed away. “This is a serious and life threating situation. DO NOT TRAVEL TO NORTH CAROLINA,” NWS Morristown said in a tweet. Spok

The North Carolina Department of Transportation said a mudslide shut down I-40 just outside of Asheville Friday afternoon. On the North Carolina side of I-40, NCDOT said both eastbound and westbound of I-40 is shut down at mile marker 15.

Digital message boards around Charlotte warn drivers to avoid western North Carolina following devastating flooding to the region from Hurricane Helene.

Western North Carolina has been essentially cut off because of landslides and flooding that forced the closure of Interstate 40 and other roads. Video shows sections of Asheville underwater.

Residents of Asheville, North Carolina, described “complete pandemonium” in their city after Helene brought several feet of floodwater and pushed large debris into streets overnight.

Many roads in western North Carolina have been flooded and washed out by rising rivers due to heavy rain brought on by Hurricane Helene.