Western North Carolina sees most rain

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.
North Carolina Helene aid is up to $877 million: Here is where the money is going
North Carolina lawmakers are crafting a third Helene disaster package after approving $877 million dollars in two bills going to multiple state agencies.
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 ...
Let cleanup begin: How North Carolina's debris ended up in Douglas Lake during Helene
Three rivers that swelled to deadly levels during Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27 – the French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon – start in North Carolina and empty into Douglas Lake. They transformed the waters of the popular recreation and fishing destination to brown muck and left a one-square-mile island of wreckage after the historic floods.
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.
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North Carolina woman uses Instagram to reunite lost photos swept away in Helene's floods with their owners
Taylor Scheneker posts photos she’s found along the debris field of the Swannanoa River in the hopes of reuniting them with ...
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Post-Helene, Asheville navigates its needs for recovery and tourism
Tourists bring in nearly $3 billion to Asheville per year. But when Hurricane Helene destroyed parts of the city, including ...
Thunderbirds to support Hurricane Helene victims during home games against Checkers
This special promotion will benefit Samaritan’s Purse, a nonprofit organization based in Boone, North Carolina, that actively ...
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Towns hit by Helene facing massive bills to repair utilities
Towns that are forced to fix water utilities are worried about the costs and their ability to access FEMA funds to repair, rebuild and make future water infrastructure more resilient before the next ...
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Why it's 'like Christmas' for volunteers packing supplies for folks in Helen-ravaged western North Carolina
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. -- Two Central Virginia groups are teaming up to help folks who lost everything when the remnants of ...
Outgoing North Carolina governor grants 2 pardons, 6 commutations
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted what have been lengthy sentences served by six criminal offenders in state ...
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Lead detected in water at Buncombe County, North Carolina, schools after Helene, officials say
Officials in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on Thursday said the water at seven schools have detectable levels of lead.
Here's how Grovetown is aiding recovery in a North Carolina town mowed down by Helene
Hurricane Helene reminded thousands of Augusta-area residents that even when you need help, there always is someone who needs ...
Helene swept away WNC trout and anglers. Restoring fishing industry 'will be challenging'
Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Helene cost the region 600,000 trout, and native brook trout populations may have been ...