North Carolina was severely impacted by Hurricane Helene during late September 2024, primarily in its western Appalachian region, causing at least 105 reported deaths and significant destruction of infrastructure and residential areas across several settlements. [1] .

Oct 6, 2024 · A week after Hurricane Helene roared through, the smell of death overpowers the cool mountain air over the isolated twisting roads of devastated rural western North Carolina.

Oct 13, 2024 · Tropical Storm Helene brought unprecedented destruction to Western North Carolina and while calculations about the full extent of the damage are ongoing, some preliminary numbers give...

Jan 8, 2025 · More than 200 people died in Hurricane Helene — roughly half of them in North Carolina — and hundreds of thousands more were displaced. In North Carolina, 27 counties were designated...

Oct 3, 2024 · New before and after satellite photos paint a grim picture of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in parts of western North Carolina that have been hard to access after the storm swiped away the...

The state, in close collaboration with local law enforcement, has been managing missing and unaccounted for cases since Hurricane Helene impacted Western North Carolina. There are reports online of people living in tents in Haywood County and in the Clyde Community.

Nov 26, 2024 · McGee is one of hundreds of thousands of socially vulnerable North Carolinians who were the hardest hit by Hurricane Helene --- the deadliest hurricane to hit the continental U.S. since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 --- which claimed more than 200 lives.

Oct 2, 2024 · SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolina on Tuesday looking for more victims of Hurricane Helene days after the storm carved a deadly and destructive path through the Southeast.

Sep 29, 2024 · ASHEVILLE, N.C. − More than 2 million people remained without power late Sunday across the Southeast in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, including more than 430,000 in North Carolina, where...

Oct 3, 2024 · The path of Hurricane Helene from landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in the Big Bend region of Florida’s Gulf coastline to western North Carolina was “fairly unusual,” says Munoz, associate professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center.