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Rows of nostalgic, low-slung motor lodges rest on the aprons of towering mountains. A population just double that of the LSU ...

Deanna Wolfe and Leslie Sigmon escaped the floodwaters of Hurricane Helene with just the clothes they were wearing.

Despite complicated politics of trying to rebuild and mitigate against future floods, local knowledge provides path for ...

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

Everyone knows each other in this \mountain community. Its residents have worked together to cope with the damage caused by Hurricane Helene.

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 ...

Amidst Hurricane Helene's vast destruction, a reporter and photographer made it their mission to access one tiny community ...

They’re studying how brook trout were impacted by extreme runoff and other habitat changes from Helene ... of the water that was moving down the mountain,” Rash said. The water could have washed trout ...

How growing up in the "cone of uncertainty" changed my life - even when I thought I had left it behind. Until Hurricane ...

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

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