The aftermath of Hurricane Helene brought record-breaking rainfall and severe flooding to mountain communities, causing ...

Earthaven Ecovillage fared remarkably well after Hurricane Helene. The community had backup power and water systems, as well ...

As homeowners seek to restore their homes from Helene, some are still in the middle of renovations. Others are still waiting ...

Philip Bedient, a professor who studies flood models at Rice University, brought us to one of the county’s most recent ...

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

The town, situated on the banks of the river, is protected by a brick wall thirteen feet ... with the roar of the flood. Horses and cows were hurled about in the water with great piles of lumber.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — On Sept. 30, 2024, WBIR sent crews to Asheville to cover what happened to Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. They spent a total of 96 hours on the ground talking to ...

Watchdog photo by Starr Sariego Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog ... Casablanca had water inside on two other occasions over the past decade. He says he’ll definitely spend the money on flood ...

In fifteen of the sixteen analyses that World Weather Attribution scientists undertook in 2024 that looked at extreme rainfall events — from Valencia in Spain to Asheville in North Carolina ...

I KNEW WHEN A WALL OF WATER ROSE THREE FEET IN TEN MINUTES ... PLAYED OUT IN SEVERAL MOUNTAIN TOWNS LIKE ASHEVILLE AND LAKE LURE, WHERE RECORD FLOOD LEVELS OCCURRED THAT DAY.

People in the storm-hit area can resume flushing toilets and taking showers, but the water ... District of Asheville, where many houses and other buildings were damaged by mud and flooding ...