I-40 will reopen in Tennessee on or before July 3. Helene reconstruction is unaffected by the June 18 landslide and flooding. UPDATE: I-40 has reopened to traffic as of midday June 27.

By Wednesday morning it was Hurricane Helene. By Thursday morning, it was a Category 2 hurricane and by late afternoon it had powered up into a Category 4 hurricane with 130 mph sustained winds.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) strangely claimed to reporters that he never heard from then-President Joe Biden after Hurricane Helene last year, but the two did indeed speak after the storm ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, towns like Chimney Rock and Lake Lure were hit hard. The French Broad River overflowed, inundating streets and homes ...

Dad makes 12-hour trek to attend daughter’s wedding after Helene What would normally be a two-hour drive from South Carolina to Tennessee turned into a seven-hour car ride and five-hour walk ...

Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in ways that will affect the hazards residents face far into the future.

Months after the devastation left by Hurricane Helene, CNN’s Coy Wire visits the mountain town – on two wheels – to witness Asheville’s recovery firsthand.Check out CNN’s America’s ...

North Carolina became the latest state to have a public health emergency declared by U.S. health officials in response to Hurricane Helene. In a press release on Sunday evening, the Department of ...

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.

Long after the hurricane had swept through the Southeast: 23,236 cable and wired internet customers were still reportedly out of service, according to the FCC’s last report on Helene recovery ...

CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. — Multiple Tennessee bridges, including the State Route 67 Broad Street Bridge in Elizabethton, are now open to traffic for the first time since Hurricane Helene, according ...

For this new study, Media Matters assessed discussion about Hurricane Helene among the top 10 online shows by compiling all original long-form audio and video content streamed or uploaded from ...