When floodwaters from Hurricane Helene engulfed homes and towns in western North Carolina, residents faced a harsh reality -- only 3% had flood coverage.

SWANNANOA, N.C. — Emily Russell remembers feeling hopeful after she managed to get an appointment with the Federal Emergency Management Agency not long after Hurricane Helene ripped though her ...

TALLAHASSEE — After Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton pounded Florida’s Gulf Coast last year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is borrowing $2 billion to pay National Flood ...

but dry soil can also enhance flash flooding and create mudslides. Parts of western North Carolina, which are still recovering from Hurricane Helene, could see at least 2 inches of rain from these ...

TALLAHASSEE — After Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton pounded Florida's Gulf Coast last year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is borrowing $2 billion to pay National Flood Insurance ...

Russell, who like many others did not have flood insurance ... he had disparaged FEMA's work in the southern states hit by Helene. That criticism, which began almost as soon as the wind stopped ...