Western North Carolina’s water system is finally back online after Helene
1 month ago

Western North Carolina’s water system is finally back online after Helene

Associated Press  

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — More than 100,000 residents in western North Carolina were allowed to drink and bathe using water from their home faucets on Monday, nearly two months after Hurricane Helene destroyed much of the local water system. Clay Chandler, a spokesman for the city of Asheville’s Water Resources Department, said at a briefing Monday that water tests “were all clear” and a boil-water notice was lifted. Flooding from Helene tore through the city’s water system in late September, destroying so much infrastructure that officials at the time said repairs could take weeks. “And it literally took an army of people to pull that off.” Hurricane Helene killed more than 200 people in multiple states and hit western North Carolina particularly hard.

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Vance tells residents in hurricane-stricken North Carolina that they haven’t been forgotten
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Vance tells residents in hurricane-stricken North Carolina that they haven’t been forgotten

Associated Press  

FAIRVIEW, N.C. — Vice President-elect JD Vance on Friday assured residents of western North Carolina still cleaning up from Hurricane Helene that they haven’t been forgotten as he surveyed storm wreckage and talked to first responders in one of his first public appearances since the election. “My simple message to the people of Appalachia is that we haven’t forgotten you …

Rural water utilities in North Carolina are still reeling from Helene
4 weeks ago

Rural water utilities in North Carolina are still reeling from Helene

Salon  

The most exciting part of the day at Spruce Pine Montessori School is when the truck arrives to empty the porta-johns. “The kids needed some routine and structure and consistency, and families needed to go back to work.” Although folks in Spruce Pine were told Thursday they could finally stop boiling water before using it, the school still can’t flush …

Communities in North Carolina are still without drinkable water 8 weeks after Helene
1 month ago

Communities in North Carolina are still without drinkable water 8 weeks after Helene

NPR  

Communities in North Carolina are still without drinkable water 8 weeks after Helene More than a dozen water systems in North Carolina are still impaired eight weeks after they were damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Helene. But more than a dozen smaller communities in western North Carolina are still without drinkable water or functioning sewer systems. KATIE MYERS, BYLINE: …

Asheville, North Carolina, could have boil water notice lifted by next week
1 month, 1 week ago

Asheville, North Carolina, could have boil water notice lifted by next week

CNN  

CNN — Asheville, North Carolina, residents could have a boil water notice lifted as soon as Tuesday, more than seven weeks after Tropical Storm Helene struck on September 27. “Due to reduced turbidity levels in the North Fork Reservoir and our capacity to push treated water into the system, we’ve been able to feed a sufficient amount of filtered water …

Helene damages in North Carolina total $53 billion, Cooper says
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Helene damages in North Carolina total $53 billion, Cooper says

Raw Story  

North Carolina suffered an estimated $53.6 billion in damages from Hurricane Helene, Gov. Cooper is asking lawmakers to approve $3.9 billion in state aid, calling it a “down payment on western North Carolina’s future” as communities in the mountains dig out of a disaster that killed 96 North Carolinians and destroyed thousands of homes, miles of roads and dozens of …

North Carolina lawmakers convene again to address Hurricane Helene's billions in damages
1 month, 4 weeks ago

North Carolina lawmakers convene again to address Hurricane Helene's billions in damages

The Independent  

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Hurricane Helene: $53bn in damages, but relief bill falls short
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Hurricane Helene: $53bn in damages, but relief bill falls short

Al Jazeera  

Hurricane Helene has caused significant damage in North Carolina, with an estimated $53bn in damages and recovery needs. The state's lawmakers have passed almost $900m in disaster relief, but they say that is only a preliminary figure as the final bill is still being calculated. The state's previous record for storm damage was $17bn from Hurricane Florence, which struck eastern …

North Carolina government calculates Hurricane Helene damages, needs at least $53B
1 month, 4 weeks ago

North Carolina government calculates Hurricane Helene damages, needs at least $53B

NPR  

North Carolina government calculates Hurricane Helene damages, needs at least $53B toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP RALEIGH, N.C. — The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused at least a record $53 billion in damages and recovery needs, Gov. Cooper told reporters the state's previous record for storm damage was $17 billion from Hurricane …

It could still be months before parts of North Carolina get clean drinking water
2 months, 1 week ago

It could still be months before parts of North Carolina get clean drinking water

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It’s been more than two weeks since Hurricane Helene tore across North Carolina, but tens …

Why North Carolinians probably won’t take the federal buyouts after Hurricane Helene
2 months, 1 week ago

Why North Carolinians probably won’t take the federal buyouts after Hurricane Helene

Politico  

“There was a western North Carolina that existed before this and there’s the one that comes after,” Smathers said in an interview. There’s not many other places nearby for people to go, he said, since Helene brought “apocalyptic” damage to all corners of western North Carolina, where housing affordability is a top concern. “There was a western North Carolina that …

Drowned by hurricane, remote North Carolina towns now struggle for water
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Drowned by hurricane, remote North Carolina towns now struggle for water

Raw Story  

Nicole Crane, exhausted, tearful and unwashed after a week of searching for a neighbor swept away by the raging waters of Hurricane Helene, dreams of taking a shower. But she and the other 100,000 residents of the US town of Asheville, North Carolina are without fresh drinking water, forced to rely on bottled water -- or in some cases on …

A week after Helene hit, thousands still without water struggle to find enough
2 months, 2 weeks ago

A week after Helene hit, thousands still without water struggle to find enough

The Independent  

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Traumatized hurricane survivors are found standing in chest-deep water inside North Carolina home
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Traumatized hurricane survivors are found standing in chest-deep water inside North Carolina home

Daily Mail  

Distressing footage shows a group of Hurricane Helene survivors standing chest-deep in water inside a trashed house while awaiting rescue. The grim tally was pushed up after officials in Georgia and North Carolina updated their figures, making Helene the deadliest storm since Hurricane Katrina battered Louisiana in 2005. Cars sit submerged in a flooded area at a used tire dealer …

Biden estimates recovery could cost billions ahead of visit to Helene-raved Carolinas
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden estimates recovery could cost billions ahead of visit to Helene-raved Carolinas

The Independent  

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Hurricane Helene Is Already “Apocalyptic.” It’s Going to Get Worse.
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hurricane Helene Is Already “Apocalyptic.” It’s Going to Get Worse.

Slate  

We haven’t seen a disaster like this in years. Those stuck in the “apocalyptic” scenes in Asheville, North Carolina, may not have clean water readily available for weeks, a grim outcome for a noncoastal city once recognized as a “climate haven.” Here’s what we know about why Hurricane Helene’s damage was so extensive, what conditions are like on the ground, …

Search Crews With Cadaver Dogs Wade Through Muck Of Communities ‘Wiped Off The Map’ By Helene
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Search Crews With Cadaver Dogs Wade Through Muck Of Communities ‘Wiped Off The Map’ By Helene

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SWANNANOA, N.C. — 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. “Communities were wiped off the map,” North Carolina’s governor, Roy Cooper, said at a …

Biden plans survey of devastation in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 130
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden plans survey of devastation in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 130

The Independent  

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It's still unknown how bad things are after Helene tore through western North Carolina
2 months, 3 weeks ago

It's still unknown how bad things are after Helene tore through western North Carolina

NPR  

It's still unknown how bad things are after Helene tore through western North Carolina Residents in Asheville, N.C., got their first supplies of water Monday, days after the remnants of Hurricane Helene blitzed the mountainous region with rain, wind and floods that killed dozens. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: In western North Carolina officials, rescue workers, and even people who live there …

Massive search and rescue operation in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Massive search and rescue operation in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene

Hindustan Times  

By Jonathan Allen and Andrew Hay Massive search and rescue operation in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} -North Carolina was a "post-apocalyptic" landscape on Monday in the wake of Helene, with hundreds of people still cut off from communications and unaccounted for amid flooded roads and a lack of basic services. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Throughout …

Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 125
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 125

Hindustan Times  

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 125 {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} A crisis …

Helene deaths exceed 100, supplies rushed to storm-ravaged North Carolina
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Helene deaths exceed 100, supplies rushed to storm-ravaged North Carolina

Hindustan Times  

* Helene deaths exceed 100, supplies rushed to storm-ravaged North Carolina Thirty-five dead in North Carolina's Buncombe County * More than 2 million homes and businesses across southeast U.S. without power, communication outages widespread * President Biden and VP Harris to visit affected areas soon, Trump traveling to Georgia on Monday By Marco Bello and Maria Alejandra Cardona Sept 30 …

Supplies Arrive By Plane And Mule To North Carolina As Helene Death Toll Tops 100
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Supplies Arrive By Plane And Mule To North Carolina As Helene Death Toll Tops 100

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Desperate residents isolated by washed-out roads and the lack of power and cellular service in western North Carolina lined up Monday for fresh water and a chance to message loved ones that they were alive, days after Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeastern U.S. and killed more than 100 people. President Joe Biden said …

Hurricane Helene Ground Zero: Inside Asheville where one third of storm deaths occurred in an 'unprecedented tragedy' as total toll surges past 100
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hurricane Helene Ground Zero: Inside Asheville where one third of storm deaths occurred in an 'unprecedented tragedy' as total toll surges past 100

Daily Mail  

About one-third of confirmed deaths caused by Hurricane Helene are from a single North Carolina region, it has been revealed. A handout photo made available by the North Carolina Division of Aviation showing flood damage caused by the storm that started as Hurricane Helene in Asheville, North Carolina, USA, September 29, 2024 Relief efforts continue in Asheville area where a …

Hurricane Helene death toll rockets amid fears more bodies will be discovered as Southwestern states begin massive cleanup
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hurricane Helene death toll rockets amid fears more bodies will be discovered as Southwestern states begin massive cleanup

Daily Mail  

States across the Southeastern U.S. started a massive cleanup and recovery effort on Sunday after winds, rain and storm surges from Hurricane Helene knocked out power for millions, destroyed roads and bridges, and caused catastrophic flooding. The North Carolina mountain town of Asheville has faced a massive amount of destruction following the storm Relief efforts continue in Asheville area where …

Supplies arrive by plane and mule to North Carolina as Helene death toll tops 100
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Supplies arrive by plane and mule to North Carolina as Helene death toll tops 100

LA Times  

A Pamlico County rescue team drives down a road where chain saws were used to clear a path through a pile of fallen trees near Chimney Rock, N.C. A woman cradled her child while people around her gathered on a hillside where they found cellphone service, many sending a simple text: “I’m OK.” Several main routes into Asheville were washed …

At least 64 dead after Helene's deadly march across the Southeast
2 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 64 dead after Helene's deadly march across the Southeast

The Independent  

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Hurricane Helene Leaves Dozens Dead, Millions Without Power After March Across Southeast
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hurricane Helene Leaves Dozens Dead, Millions Without Power After March Across Southeast

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING PERRY, Fla. — Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power. Stephen Smith via AP An airboat transports residents rescued from floodwaters in the aftermath …

At least 43 dead as Hurricane Helene's fury consumes southeastern US
2 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 43 dead as Hurricane Helene's fury consumes southeastern US

Hindustan Times  

Tropical Depression Helene brought life-threatening flooding on Friday to wide sections of the U.S. Southeast, where at least 43 people have been killed by a storm that swamped neighborhoods, triggered mudslides, threatened dams and left more than 3.5 million homes and businesses without power. By early Friday afternoon, the storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression with maximum sustained …

At least 52 dead and millions without power after Helene crosses southeastern U.S.
2 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 52 dead and millions without power after Helene crosses southeastern U.S.

LA Times  

Massive rains from the powerful storm Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday — as the cleanup began from the tempest that killed at least 52 people, caused widespread destruction across the Southeast and left millions without power. Although there have been deaths in the county, Emergency Services Director Van Taylor Jones said Saturday that he wasn’t …

Death toll from Hurricane Helene mounts as aftermath assessment begins
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Death toll from Hurricane Helene mounts as aftermath assessment begins

NPR  

Death toll from Hurricane Helene mounts as aftermath assessment begins toggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Rescue teams across the southeastern U.S. and southern Appalachia scrambled to respond to the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene, as more than 2.6 million homes and businesses were without any power Saturday amid a continued threat of floods. Western North Carolina city waits …

Storm Helene batters Florida, Georgia and North Carolina leaving millions without power
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Storm Helene batters Florida, Georgia and North Carolina leaving millions without power

The Telegraph  

Heavy rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue on Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, according to the Associated Press, caused widespread destruction across the US Southeast and left millions without power. “I’ve never seen so many people homeless as what I have right now,” said …

A weakened Helene brings 'catastrophic' flooding as it crosses southern Appalachians
2 months, 3 weeks ago

A weakened Helene brings 'catastrophic' flooding as it crosses southern Appalachians

NPR  

A weakened Helene brings 'catastrophic' flooding as it crosses southern Appalachians toggle caption Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Helene weakened to a post-tropical cyclone on Friday evening but continued to unleash “catastrophic” flooding in the southeastern U.S. and southern Appalachians, forecasters said. Sponsor Message Preliminary post-landfall modeling showed the storm surge reached 15 feet above ground level in the Big Bend area …

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