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 WATCH: Biden says he’ll visit communities damaged by Hurricane Helene later in the week so he doesn’t impede recovery efforts By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press President Joe Biden plans to travel to North Carolina on Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 30 Crisis unfolds in the Southeast as Helene’s death toll climbs to more than 100 By Kate Payne, Jeffrey Collins, Patrick Whittle, Associated Press Forecasters say a new tropical depression in the eastern Atlantic Ocean could become a hurricane by midweek. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 4:18 Deadly floods submerge North Carolina roads and towns in the wake of Helene By John Yang, Juliet Fuisz, Satvi Sunkara The remnants of Hurricane Helene have been wreaking havoc hundreds of miles away from where it made landfall in Florida three days ago. Western North Carolina is one of the hardest hit areas. John Yang speaks with Laura Hackett, a… Continue watching
Sep 29 Rescue crews rush to North Carolina mountain towns cut off by Helene floodwaters By Kate Payne, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Gov. Roy Cooper said Sunday that the death toll of 11 in North Carolina is expected to rise from Hurricane Helene as rescuers and other emergency workers reach areas currently isolated by collapsed roads, failing infrastructure and widespread flooding. Continue reading
Sep 25 WATCH: Trump suggests Ukraine should have made concessions to Putin before Russian invasion during N.C. campaign stop By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump described Ukraine in bleak terms Wednesday, referring to its people as “dead” and the country itself as “demolished." His remarks, at a North Carolina event billed as an economic speech, come on the heels of a… Continue reading