Baxter cuts 90 jobs from IV solutions site once devastated by Hurricane Helene

Helene damage to bridge Baxter North Cove facility in North Carolina.

Hurricane Helene damaged a bridge that leads to a Baxter North Cove facility in North Carolina. The strong flood currents eroded away the shore and collapsed a quarter of the bridge. 

The facility near Asheville, North Carolina, was shut down after floodwater from the 2024 hurricane left its production lines inoperable. It took the company roughly five months to resume normal operations—and now it’s seeing a slowdown in demand in wake of the supply chain disruption.