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A group of residents and elected officials from the hurricane ravaged Swannanoa area on Tuesday thanked the North Carolina House of Representatives for passing a relief ...
Shelved plans from ’60s for Tennessee Valley Authority project in N.C. unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ...
In October, CPP reported that large dams on the Catawba River were unable to prevent flooding during Helene. In order to sustain dam safety and power generation, Duke Energy released massive amounts ...
The U.S. Department of Interior delayed a resurfacing project on the Blue Ridge Parkway to prevent extra economic strain ...
Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy ...
The Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP), a nonprofit agricultural support organization, reported May 7 that 86 ...
Only six out of 1,000 state-purchased housing trailers have been occupied so far, while nearly seven months after Helene, ...
Landslide stabilization efforts are likely to be costly as Buncombe County has sought to develop a model for major landslide ...
Despite being nearly wiped off the map by the remnants of Hurricane Helene, tiny Chimney Rock Village in North Carolina had ...
The vacation town of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, is unrecognizable ... the mountain town on a typical summer day, but damage left behind by Helene blocked Chimney Rock off to everyone except ...
North Carolina's Office of State Budget and Management in December estimated Helene inflicted damage $59.6 billion in damage costs within the state after the storm passed through the state on Sept.
Anyone hoping to start 2025 with a road trip may need to reconsider their plans after the North ... due to new damage. When Hurricane Helene hit East Tennessee and western North Carolina, it ...