A BURNING HURRICANE HELENE DEBRIS PILE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IS NOW BEING INVESTIGATED AS A POSSIBLE CRIMINAL ACT, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS. FIREFIGHTERS ARE LETTING THE FIRE BURN ITSELF OUT AND ...

FEMA is extending its Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) Program to Jan. 25 for residents of North Carolina, according to a Monday announcement. The program, which was set to expire on ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended hotel stays for more than 3,000 Western North Carolina residents displaced by Tropical Storm Helene until Jan. 25, the agency announced Jan. 13.

The release states that eligible damage-related costs from Helene are estimated at $1.2 billion, and Lee’s proposal includes $240 million in disaster relief grants to affected local governments.

and Ted Budd, R-N.C., brought up the importance of making sure Hurricane Helene victims are "not forgotten ... averages $100 per month. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., said one issue that the Department ...

With more than 200 dead – 104 in North Carolina – Hurricane Helene is the deadliest U.S. hurricane in decades. Helene also is responsible for the most inland flooding deaths since 1972 and the ...

The North Carolina Community Foundation has announced its new “Disaster Relief and Resilience Scholarship,” which is open to undergraduate and graduate students from 29 counties in western ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — The Federal Highway Administration announced $352.6 million in emergency funding Tuesday to repair roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Helene in Tennessee and North ...

They've done everything and bent over backwards," said Rule. He's one of the many people Hurricane Helene displaced. "We had complete inundation of our house with flood water. We wanted to go back ...

FEMA has approved more than $273.4 million in assistance to survivors of Hurricane Helene -- and they are urging others to apply for assistance before the February 7, 2025 deadline. Kelly Gaskins ...

Helene hit North Carolina as a tropical storm on Sept. 27, 2024, leaving death and destruction across the state. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

More federal funding to repair infrastructure damage in western North Carolina caused by Hurricane Helene.The U.S. Department of Transportation said the North Carolina Department of Transportation ...