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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.
More than 1,000 people have been reported unaccounted for in a devastated North Carolina county where 30 people have already been confirmed dead after Hurricane Helene, officials said Sunday.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Emergency shelters are open in western North Carolina as the area deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Helene brought historic flooding to the area. Hundreds of ...
Twenty-six people remain unaccounted for in hard-hit North Carolina, weeks after the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Helene, officials said Monday. Last week, 92 people were unaccounted for ...
FEMA announced on Monday that it is extending its Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program to Jan. 25 for residents of North Carolina displaced by Hurricane Helene.
When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina last September, a local radio station played a critical role in keeping residents informed. Their work didn't stop there. In the last six months ...
Pets in North Carolina are in need of assistance after Hurricane Helene damaged the area. While millions of people are still without power in Western North Carolina, so are animal shelters. Almost ...
The Animal Protective Association (APA) of Missouri is stepping up to the plate by helping a North Carolina animal shelter devastated by Hurricane Helene. It comes as the death toll reaches nearly ...
SWANNANOA, N.C. — Flattened homes, impassable roads, swamped fields, downed power lines, raw emotions. Nearly a week after Hurricane Helene pummeled this small mountain town 20 miles east of ...
Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage from Florida into the Appalachian mountains and killed more than 230 people across multiple states. That number includes 120 killed in North Carolina alone.
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.