We’re topping out in the upper 80s this afternoon, but that’s just the start. By tomorrow, we’ll be pushing 90°, and the real heat peaks Friday and Saturday, with highs close to 93°and 94°. That’s nearly 20 degrees above what we usually see in mid-April.
Blowing Rock mayor Charlie Sellers says the popular tourist town has lost 60-70% of its typical revenue since Helene.
The first mountain snow of the season arrives on Tuesday for those above 4,000'.
There are a lot of questions about the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. The Department of Defense and FEMA are both on the ground in the hard impacted counties like Buncombe.
Rescue teams are plucking Florida residents from the flotsam of Hurricane Milton after the storm smashed through coastal communities. The storm tore homes into pieces, filled streets with mud and spawned a barrage of deadly tornadoes. At least eight people are dead.
Hurricane Milton will continue to bring catastrophic flooding, life-threatening storm surge and destructive winds to the Florida Peninsula overnight.
Hurricane Milton remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg, engulfing the populous region with towering storm surges and turning debris from Helene’s devastation 12 days ago into projectiles.
A week after Hurricane Helene devastate Western North Carolina, communities with volunteers like the United Cajun Navy are finding hope, but more aide is desperately needed.
For every story of trials and tribulations, there are dozens more of triumph and togetherness in western North Carolina.
