As insurance costs have increased, representatives from the N.C. Department of Insurance and statewide flood organizations ...

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

OUR COVERAGE OF NORTH CAROLINA ... IN A FLOODING SITUATION. SO WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? THE FIRST AND FOREMOST IS KNOW YOUR RISK. STAY INFORMED AND PLAN AHEAD. CHECK, CHECK. FLOOD MAPS.

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 ...

In western North Carolina, firefighters are still struggling ... ALBERT: Like new digital maps. The amount of downed trees - what firefighters refer to as fuel - is enormous.

By overlaying floodplain maps ... flood exposure. While the study concluded in 2019, these findings are apparent in the recent destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina ...

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 ...

Road closures in Western NC: Map and which ... Much of the flood waters have receded and while much debris remains, Asheville and other Western North Carolina communities have an idea of what ...

Asheville, North Carolina, tucked high up in the Blue Ridge Mountains and a 7-hour drive to the coast, didn’t fit the mold as a poster child ... FEMA also offers flood zone maps and other ...

North Carolina. Higham carried his son across flood water to the neighbors and watched as their home was consumed by flood waters moments later. Florida Map Shows Areas Where Hurricane Milton ...

Just 2.6%, or about 115,000, of North Carolina ... flood insurance isn’t required—unless you live in a FEMA-defined “high risk” area and have a federally-backed mortgage. (FEMA’s flood ...