Sherry Housley will be able to move into a new tiny home in May, eight months after Hurricane Helene made landfall in North Carolina Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025.

It’s been nearly a month since Hurricane Helene, and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper discusses what it’s like on the ground and where things stand with the recovery effort. Twenty-six people ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this report mischaracterized a windspeed reading. Among many other measurements, Hurricane Helene's sustained windspeed was estimated at 91 mph ...

Six months after Hurricane Helene destroyed communities across the Southeast, five people remain missing in North Carolina due to the storm, according to officials. The missing include one person ...