Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina nearly 10 months ago and, with the help of volunteers, some residents are beginning to move back into their homes after losing everything they owned.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency denied North Carolina's request for the agency to match 100% of the state funds for Helene cleanup, according to a letter sent from the acting FEMA ...

North Carolina town still without clean running water months after Helene Chimney Rock, North Carolina, was unrecognizable after Hurricane Helene swept through, bringing mudslides and flash ...

Home to North Carolina iconic attraction reopens after Hurricane Helene’s devastation By The Associated Press Updated June 27, 2025, 5:34 p.m.

In North Carolina, Govus says, nearly 80 people died from Helene's flooding, the majority of them in Buncombe County. "And then also, we live in an area where we have nuisance flooding on a ...

SWANNANOA, N.C. — U.S. Highway 70 is the main road through Swannanoa, a small town in western North Carolina, and it's still a mess almost nine months after Hurricane Helene hit. There are piles ...

More than 100,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in North Carolina, some 500 miles inland from where it came ashore in Florida. Dozens of people drowned in Helene's floodwaters.

Two days before Helene hit the area, the National Hurricane Center issued an alert warning of "catastrophic and potentially life-threatening flash and urban flooding" in western North Carolina. The ...