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Hurricane Helene strengthens to Category 3: Track it, see when it will reach Western NCAsheville Citizen-Timeslast hour
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Two tornadoes touched down in western NC Wednesday, NWS says
Two tornadoes touched down in western North Carolina Wednesday, the National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed. A tornado touched down southeast of Asheville in Rutherford County Wednesday evening, the NWS confirmed. This happened at 8:07 p.m., according to the NWS. Another tornado touched down Wednesday night in Watauga County near...
Hurricane Helene strengthens to Category 3: Track it, see when it will reach Western NC
Hurricane Helene strengthened to a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 120 mph today, Sept. 26, as it approached Florida's Gulf Coast. A 2 p.m. update from National Hurricane Center reported Helene's sustained winds as high as 110 mph − shy of Category 3 status. Only 25 minutes later, the NHC tweeted...
Western NC impacts: Biltmore Village flooded, Blue Ridge Parkway closed, thousands lose power
The National Weather Service believes Helene's arrival in western North Carolina could be one of the region's most significant weather events of the modern era. The guidance serves as a stern warning for North Carolinians in the mountains, with flood totals projected to be comparable to the 1916 flood in the Asheville area. Weather officials with the Greenville-Spartanburg bureau of the NWS expect the impact to be greater than that of Tropical Storm Fred, which caused at least five deaths in Haywood County in 2021.
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