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August brings skyrocketing hurricane risk and new warnings. But forecasters don't yet know what the 2025 season holds.
Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene devastated Swannanoa, North Carolina, residents like Jess Fager continue to face an ...
Fager, like many survivors, sees the attention as an unsettling aftershock of Helene, one that lingers even after the ...
Helene relief dollars were put to good use in East Asheville. MountainTrue hosted over 100 people with one common goal: to clean the Swannanoa River.
SWANNANOA, N.C. -- U.S. Highway 70 is the main road through Swannanoa, a small town in western North Carolina, and it's still a mess almost nine months after Hurricane Helene hit.
Community members have pushed the company for transparency, noting that the store had been a lifeline for many residents ...
The federal government has awarded the state just $3.8 billion for Helene recovery, 6% of the nearly $60 billion in damage ...
Swannanoa isn't the only town in Western North Carolina whose food supply was impacted by Hurricane Helene. In fact, one report about 900 small-scale, family-owned farms in the region found that ...
A local family in Swannanoa is getting a new home, after their house was ravaged by flood waters during Hurricane Helene. For the Wright family, the construction represents a bittersweet feeling ...
When Hurricane Helene overwhelmed the Swannanoa River with more than 20 feet of flooding, the Veterans Restoration Quarters, run by Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry, was ravaged.