More than 40 million people in the U.S. were under heat alerts Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

“The U.S. Department of Transportation is committed to helping North Carolina rebuild, and with this site selection we are one step closer to rebuilding I-40 at lightning speed,” said U.S.

The Pigeon River damaged or destroyed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 in several places after the remnants of Hurricane Helene dropped historic amounts of rain on Western North Carolina.

According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, around 3:07 p.m. a crash occurred on I-40 near mile marker 3, which is about 3.5 miles east of the Tennessee state line.Both lanes of ...

The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touch down in north Jackson near I-40 at about 3:29 p.m. on May 20. Madison County Emergency Management Agency Director Jason Moore reported that ...

A crash brought Interstate 40 to a halt on Friday afternoon near the Tennessee-North Carolina state line. The crash happened around 1 p.m. near Hartford, Tennessee in the single-lane construction ...

Part of Interstate 40 in Sampson County is closed on Tuesday morning after a crash caused a tractor-trailer to explode. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said a single tractor-trailer ...

President Donald Trump criticized the agency in January 2025 when he visited hurricane-stricken western North Carolina. Though 41% of Americans lived in an area affected by disaster in 2024 ...

DURHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Several lanes have reopened after crash involving a tractor trailer Tuesday morning along I-40 east. It happened around 1:45 a.m. just before Fayetteville Road in ...

April 12 (UPI) --More than six months after the remnants of Hurricane Helene devastated much of western North Carolina, federal officials have ceased providing full funding for storm recovery ...

Man killed in hit-and-run while changing tire on Interstate 40 in North Carolina Early Monday morning, Vasquez was on his way to work in Durham when he pulled over to change a tire. While he was ...