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Since Helene, the landscape of housing in Western North Carolina has changed. In Buncombe County alone, nearly 1,000 residential buildings — meaning homes, apartments and condos — suffered ...
A destroyed home near Fairview, N.C., in Buncombe County, on Monday in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Less than 1% of residences in the county have flood insurance.
FEMA said it has provided shelter to 13,000 families displaced by Helene since late September 2024, when the storm made landfall. There are currently 5,600 households currently checked into hotels ...
Gaston is one of 25 North Carolina counties approved for a federal disaster declaration following damage from Hurricane Helene, which means impacted residents may qualify for assistance from the ...
The Insurance Information Institute offers a slightly higher count, stating that about 6% of U.S. homeowners have flood insurance, with most, or 67%, covered through the National Flood Insurance ...
Some counties certified to issue alerts through FEMA's system did not send any when the remnants of Hurricane Helene hit, according to a CBS News analysis. Why some people in Hurricane Helene's ...
The industry asked state regulators earlier this year to approve a 99% rate increase for coastal areas, but sought only a 4% hike for some of the mountain counties hit by the storm. Helene has ...
Over 15,000 homes are expected to be impacted in Buncombe County, as officials anticipate floods that "rival or surpass" the floods of 1916. Hurricane Helene will bring a '500-year flood' WNC ...