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What problems are increasing in Asheville?

Every civic news report geolocated to Asheville, classified into an open problem vocabulary, and trended as a share of the city's total coverage.

Summary

Disaster recovery now defines the civic agenda. Disasters and emergencies take a bigger slice of the city's news (up 23.7 points), while crime is down 22.4 points and infrastructure is up 3.3 points. The hurricane, flood and tropical storm sit behind that turn.

WATCH Watch whether hurricane recovery reduces future infrastructure disruption.
Full category ledger
CategoryNews ReportedShare Change (points)Action RateFatal Rate
Disasters Emergencies835+23.70.5%34.6%
Governance Policy1,175+5.75.4%0.2%
Infrastructure Utilities334+3.32.7%0.6%
Protest Civil Unrest134+1.47.5%3.0%
Elections Politics94+1.00.0%1.1%
Corruption Fraud97+0.825.8%0.0%
Public Health207+0.51.4%14.0%
Environment Pollution66+0.21.5%0.0%
Legal Judicial87+0.137.9%4.6%
Policing Law Enforcement762-0.915.6%4.6%
Public Safety218-2.85.5%3.7%
Missing Persons70-2.825.7%2.9%
Accidents Road Safety403-8.07.2%21.6%
Crime Violence1,369-22.450.9%20.7%
Rising sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Flood233+6.33
Hurricane Flood122+3.86
Hurricane114+3.57
Tropical Storm100+2.95
Hurricane Recovery50+1.58
Hurricane Relief27+0.85
Demonstration47+0.60
Officer Misconduct37+0.57
Disease Outbreak27+0.51
Tropical Storm Flood16+0.51
Receding sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Homicide560-5.16
Shooting47-1.71
Armed Robbery39-1.38
Traffic Accident69-1.38
Aircraft Crash24-1.32
Homicide Attempted72-1.27
Coverage volume by year
2026: 17920172026179
Corroborated fatal events (≥3 news reports agreeing; conflicting tolls merged into a range, never summed)
Coverage MonthEvent TypeDeaths ReportedCorroborating News Reports
2024-10Hurricane180–23057
2024-10Flood2264
2024-10Tropical Storm2004

5,851 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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