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Two of Gov. Josh Stein's top disaster response officials testified under oath Wednesday to state lawmakers about Hurricane ...
Western North Carolina won’t be forgotten, and funding will come to help with Hurricane Helene and its estimated $60 billion ...
Local officials report crowds disrupting flood recovery efforts, raising new questions about managing public access, privacy ...
North Carolina’s Buncombe County, home to the city of Asheville, was hammered during Hurricane Helene, and it could be weeks before the county’s water system is fully back online.
One of the marks of a great Southern small town is a bookstore. While walking around downtown Canton, you’ll spot Blue Moon ...
Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy flooding. That's what Hurricane Helene did to western North Carolina last year.
Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on Sept. 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images ...
As Helene became a Category 1 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico — more than 500 miles and 30 hours away from where it would eventually make landfall in Florida — western North Carolina was ...
Climate change and a predecessor event made Hurricane Helene a "perfect storm." Hurricane Helene caused unprecedented devastation in Western North Carolina, with 40 trillion gallons of rain making ...
Asheville residents line up for gasoline at a gas station Sept. 29, 2024. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina.
The Bee Tree Christian Church in Swannanoa, North Carolina, is next to the Paez family's home. Both the Paez home and the church were inundated by Hurricane Helene's flood waters in late September.
Helene’s death count in North Carolina is by no means final. But Lau was one of dozens known to have been killed after the hurricane’s powerful remnants reached Western North Carolina, with ...