Asheville, North Carolina, residents now have safe drinking water after a boil notice was lifted Monday, more than seven weeks after Tropical Storm Helene struck on September 27.

It has taken more than seven weeks, but the City of Asheville has lifted the boil water advisory put in place after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of western North Carolina.

The advisory had been in effect since Hurricane Helene hit the area in late September. ASHEVILLE, N.C. — During a community briefing Sunday, Asheville Water Resources Department spokesperson Clay Chandler announced that the boil water advisory has been lifted.

Asheville residents were told Monday that the water is safe to drink again nearly two months after Hurricane Helene caused flooding and damaged the water system.

The boil water advisory for city residents has been lifted after Tropical Storm Helene damaged the city's distribution system a month and a half ago.

Residents of North Carolina’s most populous mountain city are no longer under a boil water notice, Asheville officials announced on Monday. Extensive rain and flooding from Hurricane Helene on seven-plus weeks ago severely damaged a bypass line at the North Fork Reservoir,

The water in Asheville is officially safe again. Buncombe County Government officials confirmed the boil water advisory in Asheville has been lifted 53 days after Hurricane Helene. Asheville Water Resources Public Information Officer Clay Chandler stated in an update briefing Monday morning that the advisory has been lifted following a sample process that occurred over the weekend.

Asheville’s boil water advisory was lifted on Monday, Nov. 18, nearly two months after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on the western region of North Carolina. The advisory went into effect over 50 days ago.

After a 53-day water crisis, clean water runs through Asheville’s taps once more. Asheville lifted its boil water notice this morning, city spokesperson Clay Chandler shared this morning at a press briefing.