Hurricane Helene cleanup efforts in East Tennessee are up against a stiff deadline as crews work to complete the project by ...

Last September, communities in East Tennessee were battered by Hurricane Helene. Cocke County, just an hour east of Knoxville ...

A body found in North Carolina has been identified as that of a man from East Tennessee who has been missing ever since Hurricane Helene brought deadly and historic flooding to the region.

Erwin is expected to get a total of around $2.6 million to help the area repair parts of South Industrial Drive. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is expected to provide most of the funding, at ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Workers at an East Tennessee plastics company who died in flooding from last year's Hurricane Helene had time to evacuate, albeit by “makeshift routes,” according to ...

Tennessee, and West Virginia—driven by heavy rainfall, mountainous terrain, and aging infrastructure—have revealed that many areas in Appalachia are at serious risk of flooding, even when they ...

Like in recent flooding events caused by Tropical Storm Helene in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina, flood events on this level have multiple causes. But the biggest issue is vast amounts ...

or a once-in-a-lifetime event. People in East Tennessee and western North Carolina saw similar flooding after Tropical Storm Helene dumped massive amounts of rain in those communities, which ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Workers at an East Tennessee plastics company who died in flooding from last year's Hurricane Helene had time to evacuate, albeit by “makeshift routes,” according to an ...

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