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In some places in Western North Carolina impacted by Helene, maps by First Street found roughly 10x the number of properties would have been in a 100-year flood zone category, if FEMA had been allowed to use more comprehensive and modern forecasting. Better maps could have resulted in more insurance coverage and flood prevention measures. [108]
An aerial view of people standing near destroyed and damaged buildings in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene flooding on Oct. 8, 2024, in Bat Cave, North Carolina. Bat Cave was particularly hard ...
State officials were still assessing the damage Sunday morning as Gov. Roy Cooper called Helene "one of the worst storms in modern history for parts of North Carolina." At least 11 people have ...
Heartbreaking images show how a picturesque North Carolina mountain village was all but wiped off the map by Hurricane Helene — with one local mourning, “What was once a town is now a river.”
[248] [249] In one instance, federal aid workers briefly paused or relocated their work in Rutherford County, North Carolina, as a result. [250] A 44-year-old North Carolina man was later arrested and charged in the Rutherford County incident after he was found with a handgun and a rifle at a supermarket serving as a storm relief site. [251]
The service warned that major flood risks could be seen outside of Florida in areas around metro Atlanta and western North Carolina. Coastal, inland flooding could impact South Carolina
The Southeast is grappling with widespread devastation after Helene made landfall Thursday as the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region and tore through multiple ...
Helene made landfall in Florida on Sept. 26 as a Category 4 storm before weakening into a tropical depression as it moved through the Southeast, with heavy rains as far north as Indiana.