Today is the βin-betweenβ day in this forecast. Weβll start off with plenty of sunshine and a nice warm-up through the afternoon, with highs climbing into the upper 70s. Most of the day stays dry, but by late Wednesday evening, a weak cold front could trigger a few isolated showers or thunderstorms.
The first mountain snow of the season arrives on Tuesday for those above 4,000'.
There are a lot of questions about the federal governmentβs 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 Heleneβs 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.
Hurricane Helene's death toll reached 200 on Thursday and could rise higher still, as searchers made their way toward the hardest to reach places in the mountains of western North Carolina.
