With a rainy week ahead as of Tuesday, May 27, the National Weather Service warns of some flood risk in the Western NC region.

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

In October, CPP reported that large dams on the Catawba River were unable to prevent flooding during Helene. In order to sustain dam safety and power generation, Duke Energy released massive amounts ...

Parts of central North Carolina ... Asheville Lodge, closed since Helene, reopened May 8 after a $20 million renovation. Now the National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for the ...

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In the days after Hurricane Helene unleashed catastrophic flooding and landslides around Asheville ... are any safer today, and how the process is now playing out in North Carolina.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina. Lauren Bacchus is one of many people in Asheville who are ...

IS IT ONLY RAINED TWICE TODAY. THE BAD NEWS ... THAT’S WHY WE DO HAVE THAT FLOOD. WATCH OUT. AND WE’RE NOT THE ONLY ONES. IT’S MOST OF NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MOST OF THE REAL ...

Leaders in federal, state and local governments often have different ideas about how to mitigate future floods in NC.

Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy ...