Oct 01 Watch 6:02 Asheville mayor on what North Carolina needs as flooding recovery process begins By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant Hurricane Helene could turn out to be one of the deadliest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. More than 150 people are confirmed dead and hundreds more are still missing. Historic flooding nearly washed some towns away in western… Continue watching
Oct 01 Helene and other storms dumped 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Meteorologists calculate that more than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it. Continue reading
Oct 01 Exhausted first responders work around the clock in North Carolina's mountains days after Helene's deluge By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Residents of western North Carolina are lining up for water and food, hunting for cell signals and slogging buckets from creeks to flush toilets days after Hurricane Helene's remnants deluged the region… Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 6:29 Florida's Big Bend faces another round of rebuilding after 3rd hurricane in 13 months By Christopher Booker, Sam Lane, Maea Lenei Buhre, Layla Quran, Mary Fecteau The devastating toll from Hurricane Helene keeps growing. At least 121 people have died in six states and officials fear that number could grow much larger. Many remain missing and unaccounted for since phone lines and cell towers have been… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 5:12 'People are on edge': N.C. communities face crisis in aftermath of flooding By Amna Nawaz In North Carolina, communities are in crisis with roads closed, slowing the delivery of food, water and other desperately needed aid. The city of Asheville, in particular, has been devastated with flooded roads and loss of power essentially cutting the… Continue watching
Sep 30 Typhoon lashes northern Philippine islands, flooding coastal villages By Associated Press A powerful typhoon is lashing the northernmost islands of the Philippines, where officials are warning of “potentially very destructive” damage to coastal villages. Continue reading
Sep 17 5th historic flood in 25 years deluges North Carolina's coast By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press The storm didn't get a name, but it dropped historic amounts of rain on an area that has suffered floods of a lifetime at least four other times in the past 25 years. Continue reading
Sep 15 Death toll rises across Central Europe as torrential rain and flooding force mass evacuations By Karel Janicek, Associated Press Several Central European nations have already been hit by severe flooding, including Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania, while Slovakia and Hungary might come next, as a result of a low pressure system from northern Italy dumping record rainfall in… Continue reading
Sep 12 Francine weakens moving inland as the storm leaves behind flooding and widespread power outages By Jack Brook, Sara Cline, Associated Press The National Hurricane Center predicted the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season would continue weakening. It's expected to slow down as it moves across Mississippi. Continue reading
Sep 02 At least 14 dead in Philippines due to floods and landslides after Tropical Storm Yagi By Jim Gomez, Associated Press Tropical Storm Yagi slammed into Casiguran town in the northeastern province of Aurora Monday afternoon and gained strength with sustained winds of 85 kilometers (53 miles) per hour and gusts of 105 kph (65 mph), according to the weather bureau. Continue reading