Philip Bedient, a professor who studies flood models at Rice University, brought us to one of the county’s most recent undertakings, an enormous, man-made concrete canal full of water. It was recently ...

Shelved plans from '60s for TVA project in NC unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ecology will make new dams ...

The First Alert Weather team looks back on some of the most impactful storms of 2024 and prepares you for the upcoming 2025 ...

Eventually my dad changed roles and was home for the hurricanes, and I’d slosh after him in the yard, clearing out our ...

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

LAKE LURE, N.C. — It’s hard to forget the images from Lake Lure following the destruction of Hurricane Helene. Over 22 inches ...

Hurricane Helene has proved to be disastrous for Appalachia, as massive amounts of precipitation from the storm caused rampant flooding that has devastated several towns and hundreds of people.

A spike in disasters, like flooding and fires, has meant a corollary increase in housing prices and a rise in homelessness.

Despite being nearly wiped off the map by the remnants of Hurricane Helene, tiny Chimney Rock Village in North Carolina had ...

Hurricane Helene is a reminder that inland regions are vulnerable, too. Here are three questions that non-coastal communities should as as hurricane season approaches.

As Florida braces for Hurricane ... whose flooding, wind and storm surge inundated communities from the southeast to the southern Appalachians. Many remain unaccounted for. The moment Helene ...

Heavy rains from hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. [Photo: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images] In Buncombe County, North Carolina ...