ROANOKE, Va. – Helene was a Category 4 major hurricane with maximum winds of 140 mph. However, this storm illustrated how ...

“I mean, we’re used to floodplain maps and hydrographs and ... They called that one the area’s hundred-year flood. It took years for some to rebuild. Yet Helene trumped them all.

A new report from the National Hurricane Center concluded that Helene was the deadliest hurricane in the contiguous United ...

Thanks to torrential rain ahead of Helene, precipitation levels and flooding set many records, the hurricane center said. At least 63 stream and river gauges exceeded their record flood levels ...

The mountainous terrain Helene tore through will make everything ... as much as it can to push back against FEMA’s efforts to map flood plains in western North Carolina, including his district.

YANCEY COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) — North Carolina Governor Josh Stein visited Yancey County on Thursday to evaluate flood damage from Hurricane Helene. County Sheriff Shane Hilliard met with Gov.