The damage wrought by Hurricane Helene was especially extensive in western North Carolina, a region far from the Florida coast where the system made landfall as a Category 4 storm. The death toll ...

While driving the highways and byways of Western North Carolina, we inevitably encounter from time to time highway markers indicating that we’re crossing the Eastern Continental Divide at ...

The Continental ... Divide, this ridge through the Rocky Mountains separates America's eastern and western waterways.

A week after Hurricane Helene tore through the U.S. Southeast and devastated western North Carolina with heavy rains ... Satellite images show washed-out streets and buildings.

At least 40 people have died in Buncombe County as a result of Hurricane Helene and at least six other deaths have been confirmed in other areas of western North Carolina. Many areas remain ...