‘Apocalyptic’ damage: Helene kills at least 30 in Western NC, severs power, water, roads
Many in Western North Carolina remained without fresh water, internet or cell service. Seven water plants in Avery, Burke, ...
A cart of flowers lifts spirits and brings color back to Western NC’s dire landscape
Downtown, dozens of people were standing in line with 5-gallon buckets and YETI cups to gather drinking water from a tanker ...
Here are the NC areas that were hit hardest by Helene flooding
Western North Carolina communities are still reeling from the devastating conditions brought by Hurricane Helene on Friday.
Cut off by Helene in Western NC, Rep. Foxx calls for more aid for her district
Helene didn’t spare Rep. Virginia Foxx’s Banner Elk community. Now she’s urging Gov. Roy Cooper to bring more National ...
Western NC colleges, universities remain closed after Helene flooding: Status updates
All of the area's private and public higher education institutions will remain closed at least through the rest of the week.
Flooding, evacuations after Helene plows Western NC; officials say stay off roads
Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast, making landfall late Thursday as a powerful Category 4 storm, bringing ...
NC woman stranded in flooding who made it home returned to flooded western NC to help neighbors
Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc in western North Carolina, especially in Montreat, which is located just north of Black ...
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As floods subside, uncertainty rises in western NC
In Black Mountain, east of Asheville, residents encounter blocked roads, short supplies and unimaginable damage; ‘I have ...