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FEMA issues public notice for North Carolina
RALEIGH – A public notice has been posted describing available FEMA assistance and proposed FEMA-funded actions, including activities that may affect historic properties, threatened and endangered species, critical habitat, or wetlands and floodplains in North Carolina. FEMA is required by law to provide public notice of its intent to provide federal assistance and grant opportunities via the Individual Assistance, Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs following the major disaster declaration for Tropical Storm Helene. ...
Inside the North Carolina mountain town that Hurricane Helene nearly wiped off the map
CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE, N.C. (AP) — The stone tower that gave this place its name was nearly a half billion years in the making — heated and thrust upward from deep in the Earth, then carved and eroded by wind and water. But in just a few minutes,...
Chimney Rock, Lake Lure before and after: Photos of Western NC towns after Helene
Before and after images of Western North Carolina, tell the story of the vast destruction that has occurred due to Tropical Storm Helene in these communities that is sometimes difficult to put into words. The death toll in North Carolina has grown to 108, including 72 deaths in Buncombe County, and hundreds are still unaccounted for a week after the deadly storm ravaged communities across the mountains. In the U.S., the number of confirmed deaths reached...
North Carolina family reeling after mother swept away from husband's arms in Helene's floods
Ashby, a seventh-grade teacher, was with her husband Rod at their newly completed dream home in Elk Park near the Tennessee border when Helene’s torrential rains began Friday and swept their home into a nearby river.
Couple reunited after volunteer rescue pilot threatened with arrest in North Carolina
Jordan Seidhom, who decided to go help those impacted by Helene with his own helicopter on his own dime, was able to rescue Susan Coffey off a mountainside. But, before he could go back for her husband, Mike, and his own son and co-pilot, he was threatened with arrest.
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