The updates and the rest of the media only talk about Asheville. That’s because Asheville is super liberal and likely to vote for Kamala. You are not hearing about the 90% of north west NC that has been devastated - much worse than Asheville. Neighbors and local churches are helping but FEMA is nowhere to be found.
The media will report from where the good hotels with well-stocked bars are.
During the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 there were about 250 people killed on the Thai resort island of Phuket, many vacationing European tourists, and the media flocked there. There were plenty of unscathed hotels and the airport, which can accommodate large jets, was never in jeopardy. The devastation and tragedy of Phuket was played up big time.
Along the east coast of India, which had no good hotels or well stocked bars, ten thousand or more were killed. No news media, though.