A South Carolina pilot who flew stranded Hurricane Helene victims in flood-ravaged North Carolina to safety claims he was told he would be arrested if he continued the rescue missions. Jordan ...

Lee County emergency crews responded to multiple water rescue calls after nearly 4 inches of rain fell Thursday afternoon.

ASHE COUNTY, N.C. — A former Colorado resident risked his life to rescue a woman who was nearly swept away by the floodwaters of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Eddie Hunnell, who lived in ...

As insurance costs have increased, representatives from the N.C. Department of Insurance and statewide flood organizations ...

The flood waters had washed away most of ... The man was from an out-of-state fire department who’d traveled to North Carolina to help with the rescue efforts, Seidhom said.

Across western North Carolina, where the death toll was heaviest, emergency crews have pivoted from rescue to recovery. As of Sunday, 53 search and rescue teams – a combination of local ...

Destroyed homes are seen in Chimney Rock, North Carolina on Oct. 2, 2024, after the passage of Hurricane Helene. AFP via Getty Images The Issue: FEMA’s failure to help people trapped by ...

SWANNANOA, N.C. (WLOS) — Search teams with Urban Search and Rescue and the National Guard ... “Right now in Swannanoa, North Carolina Task Force Two is operating there with a 90-person team ...

Troopers said NC 211 near Stone ... drove around them into flood waters at the Lockwood Folly River Bridge. However, the vehicle became fully submerged. A swift water rescue team arrived on ...

Duke Energy awarded Greenwood County a $15,000 grant from their Helping Emergency Response Organizations (HERO) program.

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina ... One hundred years after the 1916 flood, Charlotte Observer journalists chronicled ...