Symbol of hope: American flag raised at Chimney Rock as western NC faces unimaginable challenges
In the wake of Storm Helene's devastating flooding in North Carolina, recovery efforts are underway across the region. As ...
‘There’s nothing there’: The beloved town of Chimney Rock, N.C., is virtually gone
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.
‘There’s just nothing left.’ Helene wipes out Chimney Rock’s Main Street
Tracy Stevens had left her house in Chimney Rock Thursday night and gotten a room at the Lake Lure Inn, which had a generator ...
Helene shuts down Spruce Pine, NC mine that is pivotal to world’s semiconductor supply
The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting ...
Helene's flooding flattens Chimney Rock, NC: 'Everything along the river is gone'
Search and rescue workers were fanning through the small town of Chimney Rock east of Asheville Monday after it was almost ...
Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene’s death toll tops 130
The death toll after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. Southeast has reached at least 133.
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Why Hurricane Helene was so devastating
The tempest caused record-breaking storm surge on the coast and widespread and deadly flooding and debris flows in the Appalachian Mountains.
A complicated relief effort unfolds in North Carolina in the face of tough terrain, collapsed communications and a ticking clock
The beloved southern Appalachian terrain is now isolating remote enclaves as residents begin recovering from a storm that ...
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What Hurricane Helene’s 500-mile path of destruction looks like
Hurricane Helene laid waste to the southeastern United States. Its sheer wind force and deadly floods left behind a path of ...