While the region hit hardest is largely rural, it holds a healthy share of the state’s nearly 7.7 million registered voters.

Busick, North Carolina, a remote town near Mount Mitchell State Park, received 30.78 inches of rain as a result of Helene — a ...

Helene produced such a large amount of rainfall due in part to a predecessor event, small (relative to a hurricane) regions of heavy rainfall produced ahead of a hurricane. These rainfalls produce a ...

Helene didn’t spare Rep. Virginia Foxx’s Banner Elk community. Now she’s urging Gov. Roy Cooper to bring more National ...

Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and ...

North Carolina officials pledged to get supplies Monday, days after Hurricane Helene ripped across the U.S. Southeast. The ...

Worries of flooding had not been top of mind as the mountain-ringed city flourished in recent years as a haven for artists, ...

Relief efforts in western North Carolina have been hindered by devastating flooding and road closures after the swath of destruction left by Helene.

With dozens of Western North Carolina communities heavily damaged from Hurricane Helene, disaster funding bills are likely to ...

Officials from Appalachian State University, Western Carolina University and UNC Asheville are sharing updates on the state ...

And this has happened before: Hurricane Florence caused a lot of inland flooding in eastern North Carolina in mid-September ...