The electricity substation serving Biltmore Village, a popular destination just outside the estate, had catastrophic damage and will take months to repair, regional power company Duke Energy said Friday.

“The water line is almost to the top of that substation,” Duke Energy spokesperson Bill Norton said. “That substation alone is going to take three or four months to repair. Obviously, we are not going to keep those customers out for three or four months. So what we did is we wheeled in a 200,000-pound mobile substation.”

The mobile substation is expected to be powered by Sunday. “We’re digging new spots for wiring so that it will be underground and safe,” Norton said.

About 105,000 homes and businesses in Western North Carolina will have “long-term” power outages after Helene demolished key infrastructure, Norton said.

As for the Biltmore Village substation that will take months to repair, Norton said crews will try to “build it again on higher ground over the floodwall around it.”