Hurricane Helene raged through western North Carolina, destroying homes, local businesses and thriving tourist areas from Asheville to the town of Chimney Rock.

Many in Western North Carolina remained without fresh water, internet or cell service. Seven water plants in Avery, Burke, ...

Search and rescue workers were fanning through the small town of Chimney Rock east of Asheville Monday after it was almost ...

Relief efforts continue in Asheville and the Western North Carolina area where a major disaster due to Tropical Storm Helene has left communities devastated, roads impassable and thousands without ...

The death toll after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. Southeast has reached at least 133.

This map shows rainfall from Helene and in the days preceding the storm that combined to create disastrous flooding.

Western North Carolina residents salvage bottled water from a flooded tractor-trailer in Swannanoa on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.

Many are still unaccounted for in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Here's groups and phone numbers to try and find people.

At least 40 people have died in Buncombe County as a result of Hurricane Helene and at least six other deaths have been confirmed in other areas of western North Carolina.

Lake Lure, a popular tourist destination, is now one of many communities that has been both utterly transformed and largely cut off from the outside world for days after Helene.

The full extent of Hurricane Helene's devastation is becoming increasingly clear as heartbreaking stories emerge from once-peaceful towns across southern and central Appalachia.

With so many roads out and power and internet connections down, a full accounting of the damage done is a work in progress.