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Hurricane Helene Turns City Touted as ‘Climate Haven’ Into ‘Apocalyptic’ Disaster Zone
An area touted as a “climate haven” that’d be safe from the adverse effects of global warming is among the most devastated by Hurricane Helene. The city of Asheville, North Carolina, has consistently topped lists of preferred destinations for Americans looking to pack up and move to a location relatively insulated from the adverse impacts of global warming.Now, however, the mountain city of 94,000 is the site of “biblical devastation,” said one local emergency services official. That comes after Helene made landfall in Florida and quickly moved north, inciting flash floods that wiped some tiny Carolina city’s entire downtowns—like that...
Asheville tragedy shows there are no climate change safe havens: Experts
Asheville, North Carolina, has been called a potential safe haven for climate refugees by real estate researchers, praised for its temperate mountain weather, distance far from the coast, experiencing less extreme heat and fewer wildfires. The city of around 95,000 people was believed markings of a place where those escaping the harsh impacts of the climate crisis could go for safety. Certainly, there are locations that are going to be able to withstand some of those impacts more than others, according to Dave Reidmiller, the director of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute's Climate Center. However, the fatal floods and landslides seen after Helene ripped through Buncombe County, which encompasses Asheville, highlight that "no place is truly untouched by climate change, anywhere in the world," said Reidmiller. Asheville is nearly 400 miles away from where the storm made landfall in Florida last Thursday.
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools sends aid to help hard-hit Buncombe County Schools after Helene
WINSTON-SALEM. N.C. (WGHP) — The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School district is sending a handful of people westward to assist Buncombe County Schools. That’s the county where Asheville is and where the most fatalities have been reported in North Carolina due to Hurricane Helene. They have 22,000 students and almost 4,000 staff members, and schools there are […]
Chimney Rock, Lake Lure residents seek info on friends, family after Helene: 'Once a town is now a river'
Search and rescue workers were fanning through the small town of Chimney Rock east of Asheville early Monday after it was almost entirely wiped out flooding from Tropical Storm Helene. Residents in the neighboring resort town of Lake Lure said Chimney Rock was largely flattened. “Everything along the river is gone,” said Tracey Stevens,...
New York State Continues Drastic Action Due To Hurricane Helene
First responders in New York State are on the ground to assist with recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene in the southeast. On Monday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that 30 members of the New York State Incident Management Team have been deployed to Asheville, North Carolina to provide operational support for recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene.
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