The 469-mile route known as “America’s favorite drive” has mostly reopened nine months after Hurricane Helene, but there are ...

A landslide and flash flooding forced the closure of Interstate 40 near the Tennessee–North Carolina state line, halting ...

USA TODAY spoke with National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan about what you should do to prepare for hurricane season, which starts June 1.

Forecasters are expecting a slightly less active hurricane season this year than in 2024, when Hurricanes Helene and Milton, as well as five others and eight tropical storms, hit the U.S.

Tennessee is second, with $227 million, $178 million of which is for damage from Hurricane Helene. In addition to repairs, the $1.5 billion will be used to increase natural disaster preparedness ...

Hurricane Helene. Hurricane Helene landed as a Category 4 hurricane on Florida’s Gulf Coast on September 26. It was the first Category 5 hurricane to land in Apalachee Bay, bringing in 15 feet or more ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. — Nearly eight months after Hurricane Helene caused devastating damage to the Black Mountain Home for Children, Youth & Families, the nonprofit continues to rebuild. Black ...

Helene claimed more than 100 lives and destroyed or damaged more than 185,000 homes in North Carolina, where it left an estimated $60 billion worth of damage in its wake. The eastern half of ...

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.

Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key on Oct. 9, 2024, just 12 days after Hurricane Helene swamped the island off Sarasota with a storm surge that reached up to 7 feet.