Old Fort and Spruce Pine, bore the brunt of the flooding. NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITIES REMAIN ISOLATED ONE WEEK AFTER HELENE MADE DEADLY TREK ACROSS SOUTHEAST The before-and-after images tell a ...

Shelved plans from ’60s for Tennessee Valley Authority project in N.C. unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ...

Despite complicated politics of trying to rebuild and mitigate against future floods, local knowledge provides path for ...

McDowell County Schools' Maintenance Director Garvin Trinks looks over a classroom at Old Fort ... Helene. Nine school districts have been out since the storm hit, according to the North Carolina ...

OLD FORT - Piles of debris that were once ... In the days before Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina Sept. 27, Gomez and his brother fished on Mill Creek.

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina ... October 2, 2024 in Old Fort, N.C. Canning was trying to salvage personal items ...

Members of IChurch from Hickory, N.C. pray with Bob Smith, center, a Trustee of the Old ... North Carolina impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Helene that caused catastrophic flooding.

OLD FORT, N.C. — Old Fort has about 800 people ... There have been a lot of reports of looting all around Western North Carolina since the storm came through and knocked power and water out.

Flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Helene has devastated the mountain areas of western North Carolina ... October 2, 2024 in Old Fort, N.C. Canning was trying to salvage personal items ...