North Carolina, Hurricane Helene

Western North Carolina sees most rain since devastating Helene floods
Heavy rain fell across parts of western North Carlina on Thursday for the first time since the devastating flooding event from Hurricane Helene and many continue to rebuild their homes.
‘Good for the soul’: North Carolina county to open schools for the first time since Helene
Seven weeks after Hurricane Helene damaged parts of the southeast, students in one western North Carolina county are still out of school.
How Hurricane Helene Impacted Western North Carolina Christmas Tree Farmers
It’s a story of hardship and hope and community, and it gently illustrates the same regional grit and heart that we’ve witnessed in the people of Western North Carolina in the devastating wake of Hurricane Helene. It was the regionality and subject ...
I-40 section washed away between Tennessee, North Carolina by Helene has targeted reopening date
Officials with the North Carolina Department of Transportation estimate that a portion of I-40 in the Pigeon River Gorge will be open to traffic by the start of the new year.
After the Storm: Western North Carolina Came Together To Vote Despite Helene
Oliver Anthony, the singer who went viral for his "Rich Men North Of Richmond" song last year, went to Western North Carolina to investigate claims he saw online about FEMA's response to Hurricane Helene. He says the entire time he was there he saw one FEMA contractor, who told him that the agency...
NC Folk Festival Hurricane Helene Benefit Concert raises over $40,000 for western North Carolina
The benefit concert put on by the North Carolina Folk Festival at the Steven Tanger Center on Nov. 7 raised over $40,000 for Hurricane Helene relief, according to a press release sent out Tuesday. The event featured performances from western North Carolina-based bands Steep Canyon Rangers and the Holler Choir.
North Carolina residents could face winter without heat
Rhonda Jean Kowald and a band of volunteers have been rapidly supplying heating fuel to hard-hit counties in North Carolina, ...
Jones County community donates animal food to Western North Carolina
The western side of North Carolina continues to see road closures and clean up efforts from Tropical Storm Helene, which is ...
wtvr1d
Why it's 'like Christmas' for volunteers packing supplies for folks in Helen-ravaged western North Carolina
After sorting and repacking the boxes donated by Amazon, the items will be sent to western North Carolina. “They truly ...
Yahoo! Sports12h
See Western North Carolina's National Signing Day list for November 2024
The college signing period for sports like soccer, volleyball and basketball began this week. Here is a list of the Western ...
WWAY TV1d
Local first responder hopes to bring life back to a cornerstone building in Western North Carolina
BRUNSWICK COUNTY (WWAY)–Tropical Storm Helene is still causing quite a few problems for people in Western North ...
WXII 12 NEWS2d
Western North Carolina businesses struggle to recover from Helene's impact
WEEKS SINCE TULANE TOOK AIM AT WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE RECOVERY PROCESS IS WELL UNDERWAY AT THIS POINT, BUT THE ...
Chinook helicopter relief missions deliver hope across the border to North Carolina
The South Carolina National Guard often responds to disasters here at home, and Hurricane Helene was no exception.
Rebuilding and recovery to continue in western North Carolina despite changes in state, national leadership, Governor Roy Cooper says
Initial damage estimates are $53 billion, roughly three times Hurricane Florence estimates in 2018 and another figure that's ...