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In some places in Western North Carolina impacted by Helene, maps by First Street found roughly 10x the number of properties would have been in a 100-year flood zone category, if FEMA had been allowed to use more comprehensive and modern forecasting. Better maps could have resulted in more insurance coverage and flood prevention measures. [97]
Less than 1% of the North Carolina counties hardest hit by Helene were covered — and in South Carolina, it was even less, 0.3%. ... FEMA does provide some assistance to those affected by floods ...
Less than 1% of households in the state’s hardest-hit inland counties are protected by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), according to an N&O analysis of Census Bureau and NFIP data.
The Southeast is grappling with widespread devastation after Helene made landfall Thursday as the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region and tore through multiple ...
A rescue team paddles down the Swannanoa River on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina.
The Impact of Hurricane Helene The bulk of the prized trees come from just six Western North Carolina counties: Ashe, Avery, Allegheny, Watagu, Jackson, and Mitchell.
At the height of the storm, more than 500,000 Duke Energy customers in North Carolina were without power. More than 200,000 of those customers were in Buncombe County. That number had dropped to ...
More than 300,000 people remained without power in Georgia and the Carolinas Sunday evening, with more than 140,000 customers impacted in North Carolina alone, according to poweroutage.us.