Where to get gas, food and water

As North Carolina recovers from Hurricane Helene, residents are looking for essential services like gas stations, grocery stores and pharmacies.

Here’s a guide to what’s open and operating across the state as communities begin to rebuild.

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See map: What’s open and where to buy food and gas?

NOTE: The map is provided by Citizens Emergency Map. This is NOT an official state or federal resource. Anyone can contribute to this map.

Residents and local businesses from across the state contributed to an interactive map highlighting grocery stores and gas stations open after Hurricane Helene.

The map will be continually updated and will help people find the closest available resources as recovery efforts progress. The following is open:

Food and groceries

Feed lion: 179 Paragon Pkwy, Clyde, NC
Trader Joe’s: 120 Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
English markets (Cash only): 575 New Leicester Hwy, Asheville, NC
Walmart: 1636 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville, NC
Publix: 165 Weaver Blvd

Food distribution

Monte Vista Hotel (Food and WiFi): 310 W State St, Black Mountain, NC
Bear smokehouse: 135 Coxe Ave, Asheville

Gas stations

Arden Quality Plus: 2273 Hendersonville Rd, Arden, NC
Sheetz: 5440 Asheville Hwy, Hendersonville, NC

Building materials

Ace Hardware: 800 Fairview Rd, Asheville, NC

WiFi locations

Buncombe County Health Department: 40 Cox Ave, Weaverville, NC
Citizen vinyl: 14 O’Henry Ave, Asheville, NC
DoubleTree Hilton Downtown: 199 Haywood St., Asheville
Asheville Shelter, Ferguson Building: 340 Victoria Road, Asheville

See map: What’s open and where to buy food and gas?

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