Maiden-Based Group Delivers Campers to Helene Survivors
Eric Robinson with Operation Helo says the group has already delivered two million pounds of aid to those who need it most. Now, they're rehoming families who have lost everything in campers.
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Eric Robinson with Operation Helo says the group has already delivered two million pounds of aid to those who need it most. Now, they're rehoming families who have lost everything in campers.
Lifelong Swannanoa resident Joe Bryant and his dog are no longer exposed to the cold after an anonymous donor gave him a camper.
Wine-to-Water, a Boone based non-profit will give water filters to every family in Banner Elk Friday as town is still left without running water as crews work to repair damaged sewer mains at water treatment facility after Tropical Storm Helene.
The Climate Prediction Center is calling for temperatures to be above normal and precipitation to be below normal in the South this winter.
Joe Bryant has been living in a tent on his destroyed Swannanoa property for nearly three weeks, but Wednesday brought him new hope: Bryant received a donated camper he and his dog can stay in.
Prepare for temperatures to plummet into the 20s and 30s across the region Wednesday night. Here is how cold it will get and links to information for open shelters for those impacted and without power from Tropical Storm Helene
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 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.
The Biden-Harris Administration provides updates on the federal response to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and South Carolina.
