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How To Deal With Climate Grief And Eco-Anxiety
As Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton have recently showed, climate chaos is happening now in places long thought safe and far from coastal storms, like western North Carolina. Watching in shock as people lose everything in a matter of seconds stirs up new waves of climate grief in those touched by the catastrophe as well… Continue reading How To Deal With Climate Grief And Eco-Anxiety
FEMA head: Volume of misinformation ‘starting to go down’
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell said the volume of misinformation surrounding Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton is starting to drop. “We’re still seeing some misinformation out there,” Criswell told reporters during a press briefing Wednesday. “I do believe that the volume of the misinformation is starting to go down, but we need…
Greenwood chopper crew assists in North Carolina storm recovery
Tucked amid the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains lies destruction, isolation and need in the wake of last month's Hurricane Helene. It's a scene that Dalton Sanger, a mechanic with Greenwood-based Chorman Spraying, and Scott Hamilton, a Chorman pilot and manager, witnessed, both on the ground and from the air.
Latest Avery Helene-related figures released, state government unanimously approves aid package
NEWLAND — Avery County Government continues to provide regular update on the status of the response by the county and agencies to the ongoing relief for those affected by Hurricane Helene two weeks ago. Avery County remains in a State of Emergency, with a curfew in effect from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily until further notice. The Avery County Courthouse is open, as is the county health department. Avery County Schools remain closed, while Avery Transportation is operating in a limited capacity and the...
Some railroad tracks are closed indefinitely, could affect deliveries
In a trip through western North Carolina’s mountains, railroad tracks are now snarled – ripped from the ground. Some remain suspended, hanging from the mountainside. Helene’s storm surge caused severe damage to two major railroads in the region: CSX and Norfolk Southern. According to their respective websites,...
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