Tropical Storm Chantal threatens North Carolina power grid. Duke Energy crews prepare for scattered outages and downed lines ...

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 Helene hit Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm with catastrophic sustained winds up to 140 mph and traveled north, leaving widespread destruction across the Southeast.. More ...

Western North Carolina is still recovering from Hurricane Helene's havoc, but the town of Lake Lure aims to have debris cleared this summer with the help of the Army Corps of Engineers.

The Trump administration denied North Carolina's request for FEMA to cover 100 percent of the state's Hurricane Helene debris removal costs.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina House advanced another Hurricane Helene funding package on Thursday to address pressing needs in the mountains eight months after the storm caused ...

North Carolina officials are blaming themselves and state staffing shortages for problems related to Hurricane Helene in October. A 50-page analysis released Friday by the North Carolina ...

When Hurricane Helene struck, Zubila Shafiq’s husband, Omar Khan, was one of more than 100 people who died in North Carolina amid catastrophic flooding. Shafiq pieces together what happened in a ...

Last year, Hurricane Helene alone caused enough freshwater flooding to kill at least 95 people across three states. NPR's Greg Allen has this from Asheville, North Carolina. (SOUNDBITE OF CAR DRIVING) ...

Hurricane Helene tore through the Swannanoa River Valley of western North Carolina almost seven months ago, but many of the scars it left are still fresh. Flooding and landslides toppled trees and ...

Brian Tyler Cohen claimed on X that Trump "denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene." Cohen’s claim is partially accurate — a request for relief was rejected ...