Buncombe County now has a dedicated Helene Recovery Officer who will oversee disaster relief projects: Kevin Madsen.

Hurricane Helene delivered a painful message about hurricane dangers to millions during its terrifying trek a year ago. Tropical cyclones are far from just a coastal threat, wreaking deadly and ...

On Sept. 27, 2024, remnants of Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, killing 108 people and leaving a nearly $60 billion clean up bill statewide. In the year since, the people of Western ...

Up to 1,000 active-duty soldiers will join the North Carolina National Guard in delivering supplies, food and water to isolated communities. Behind a grocery store in Erwin, Tennessee, a small town ...

Months after Hurricane Helene made landfall, a cold snap is gripping the Southeastern portion of the U.S., including in Asheville, North Carolina, where people still displaced by the storm are facing ...

A destroyed house with a car under it in Chimney Rock, N.C., on Sunday. (Khadejeh Nikouyeh/The Charlotte Observer. via Reuters) A week after Hurricane Helene pummeled the Southeast, leaving at least ...

Human-caused climate change boosted a devastating Hurricane Helene’s rainfall by about 10 percent and intensified its winds by about 11 percent, scientists said in a new flash study released just as a ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

Hurricane Helene made landfall near Perry, Florida, on Sept. 27, 2024 as a Category 4 storm. According to NOAA, it was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida since ...

Bad water can lead to many illnesses, says epidemiologist Any kind of broken skin can increase your danger Mold can cause serious breathing problems, say experts Bad water can lead to many illnesses, ...