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The 2024 hurricane season brought Florida face-to-face with some of the strongest storms in recent memory, tying the record set in 2004 with three landfalling hurricanes: Debby, Helene and Milton.
Debris litters the surrounding area of the Swannanoa River during the aftermath of flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene in Asheville on Oct. 6, 2024.© Nathan Fish / USA TODAY NETWORK ...
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - As we help you prepare for the 2025 Hurricane Season, we have a story of a woman and her family that nearly died in the storm surge of Hurricane Helene. Kim and Joe Denais ...
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 to ...
Eight months after Hurricane Helene, communities in western North Carolina still see evidence of the storm's destruction. For many, the biggest problem remains finding an affordable place to live.
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.
Sawmills near areas ravaged by Hurricane Helene are clearing forests of debris that could become wildfire fuel. The effort could boost domestic timber production.
Helene The scars from Hurricane Helene are healing slowly in popular tourist town of Chimney Rock Mayor Peter O'Leary admits Main Street likely won't reopen until summer sometime.
How Hurricane Helene became an ominous warning about America’s lack of preparedness. How Hurricane Helene became an ominous warning about America’s lack of preparedness. FRONTLINE and NPR draw ...
If he could speak with each one of the more than 200 million people who face hurricane risks in the United States, he would remind them to stay focused on: Your risks, especially for storm surge ...