The federal government’s flood maps, which are used nationwide to signal areas vulnerable to inundation, vastly ...

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

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

Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina ... This map shows rainfall from Helene and in the days preceding the storm that combined to create disastrous flooding.

North Carolina's interactive Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network (FIMAN) map uses more than 500 gauges to show what rivers are close to moderate and major flood stage. There are several ...

Flash flood warnings issued by the National Weather Service Thursday for counties in central North Carolina have expired.

FLOOD MAPS. SIGN UP FOR LOCAL EMERGENCY ALERTS ... most notably the ferocious winds and powerful waves. However, North Carolina hurricane history has shown us that the deadliest and most ...

Fighting growing wildfires in western North Carolina is hampered by debris left over from Hurricane Helene-related flooding ... ALBERT: Like new digital maps. The amount of downed trees - what ...

FEMA’s maps underplay risks everywhere, but especially in mountainous regions like rural North Carolina and Tennessee where Helene unleashed the most catastrophic flooding. When the research ...

Debris littered throughout Swannanoa, N.C., in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The Federal Emergency Management Agency did not designate this neighborhood a flood hazard zone. (Jabin Botsford ...