has lent his skills − and rafts and employees − to the grisly effort of recovering bodies from the catastrophic floods in western North Carolina. Since Sept. 29, two days after the floods ...

ASHEVILLE - Following the catastrophic flooding of Western North Carolina resulting from Tropical Storm Helene and a predecessor rainfall event, the National Weather Service is forecasting clearer ...

On Sunday at 11:49 p.m. an updated flood watch was issued by the NWS Wakefield VA in effect until Monday at 2 a.m. The watch ...

A flood advisory was released by the NWS Blacksburg VA on Thursday at 2:57 p.m. in effect until 7 p.m. The advisory is for Alleghany, Watauga and Wilkes counties. The NWS adds, "Flooding caused by ...

MAJOR FLOODING TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LANIE POPE SPOKE WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND EXPLAINS HOW HELENE BECAME SO DESTRUCTIVE IN OUR STATE. I KNEW WHEN A WALL OF ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – A flood advisory was issued for a majority of Western North Carolina following a storm and predictions of heavy rain Thursday night. Related video: Thunderstorms ...

Fighting growing wildfires in western North Carolina is hampered by debris left over from Hurricane Helene-related flooding, which was 6 months ago this week. Wildfires in the Carolinas have been ...

It wasn’t supposed to happen in the mountains. They say the deadly floods in western North Carolina caused by Tropical Storm Helene are a 1,000-year flood event. That’s why the devastation ...

On Sunday at 2:49 p.m. the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued a flood watch valid from Monday ... facing slopes of the mountains in western North Carolina. Rainfall totals on 3-5 inches with ...

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