Photos: Volunteers take on the task of recovery in flooded NC mountain town
The Appalachian Trail runs down the main street in Hot Springs. During Helene, the French Broad River raged down the same ...
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Helene broke century-old flood records across Southeast
Initial USGS data shows the French Broad River in Asheville, North Carolina, broke a nearly 100-year-old flood record last ...
Hurricane Helene destroyed their NC studio. Now, they're at St. James Court Art Show
These Asheville artists saw their art studio submerged in water last week. Now, their in Louisville for the St. James Court ...
In the resort town of Hot Springs, service workers take on leadership roles after Helene
Along the Appalachian Trail, the Western North Carolina community picks up the pieces after destructive floods.
Their Western NC home survived Helene. Why they still left for Charlotte seeking housing
People from around Asheville and nearby areas lit out for Hickory, Charlotte and other destinations seeking temporary housing ...
'Take action now': Inside the race to alert Western North Carolina residents of Helene's wrath
As Helene's destructive wrath descended on the Southeast, some residents say they never got the warnings they needed to take ...
'They didn't leave:' ER staff worked for days on end to help Helene victims
Kelly Coward, a nurse in the cardiovascular intensive care unit at Mission Hospital, left her home in Canton at about 5 a.m.
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The 'perfect storm' for catastrophic flooding. How Helene unleashed devastation in Asheville.
Even though Asheville is about 300 miles away from the Atlantic coast, it's also less than 400 miles away from the Gulf coast ...
A century before Helene, the great flood of 1916 left NC's mountains drenched
Within the span of about two weeks in July 1916, two tropical storms dropped more than 26 inches of rain over western North Carolina, leaving most of the rivers gushing out onto city streets. There ...
Artists, volunteers begin digging out flood-shattered River Arts District
Volunteers gather to begin cleanup at the River Arts District. Artists were amazed by, and appreciated, the strangers who ...
Charlotte restaurateurs had to watch from afar while Helene destroyed their Asheville locations
Some of these restaurant and retail owners are unable to reach their employees in Western North Carolina — they don’t even ...