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  2. ‘Civilization is pretty much gone’ after Helene tears through ...

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    Andrew Zook, left, helps to clear instruments and other items from the mud inside Majestic Music in downtown Spruce Pine, N.C. on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, days after Hurricane Helene brought heavy ...

  3. Satellite images show devastation in North Carolina as deaths ...

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    This satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows flooding by the North Toe River and market damage from Hurricane Helene in Spruce Pine, N.C., on Oct. 2, 2024. ... Toe River and downtown ...

  4. Hurricane Helene's devastation has shut down a one-of-a-kind ...

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    Hurricane Helene tore through North Carolina over the weekend, causing widespread devastation. The storm has temporarily closed a one-of-a-kind mine in the town of Spruce Pine, and it could have ...

  5. Effects of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Due to Spruce Pine being one of the few places in the world with "ultra-high quality" quartz mines essential for semiconductor production, damage from Helene was predicted to hamper global microchip supplies and technological supply chains if the town's quartz mines were damaged and shut down for long periods. [56]

  6. Before and after photos show Hurricane Helene's destructive ...

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    The damage wrought by Hurricane Helene was especially extensive in western North Carolina, ... in Spruce Pine, N.C., on Feb. 3 and after Hurricane Helene on Oct. 2. (Maxar Technologies via Reuters)

  7. Hurricane Helene latest: Death toll reaches 143 as ...

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    Watch: Moment Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as ‘unsurvivable’ Category 4 storm 07:59 , Josh Marcus Floodwaters in North Carolina carry away 75-year-old stuck in a tree

  8. Helene shuts down Spruce Pine, NC mine that is pivotal to ...

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    The remnants of Hurricane Helene ripped through the Western North Carolina mountain town of Spruce Pine last week, disrupting a quartz facility integral to the global production of solar panels ...

  9. Hurricane Helene shuts down critical mines, endangering AI ...

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    Spruce Pine is a small N Carolina town which provides most of the high purity quartz needed for advanced semiconductors. It's just been struck by Hurricane Helene. Status of quarries/processing ...