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On October 2, Verizon reported that while it had recovered cell coverage to 60% of all regions affected by Helene, that western North Carolina's thick forests, mountainous terrain, destroyed or blocked roads, and ongoing flooding made fixing cell towers in the region difficult, causing them to resort to use drones to provide temporary coverage.
State officials were still assessing the damage Sunday morning as Gov. Roy Cooper called Helene "one of the worst storms in modern history for parts of North Carolina." At least 11 people have ...
Across western North Carolina and parts of eastern Tennessee, Helene’s destruction continued to emerge on Sunday. The storm washed away bridges, closed roads, destroyed buildings and cut off power.
The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused at least a record US$59.6 billion in damages and recovery needs. [246] The storm and its aftermath caused 1,400 landslides and damaged over 160 water and sewer systems, at least 6,000 miles (9,650 kilometers) of roads, more than 1,000 ...
A van sits in floodwaters near the Biltmore Village in Asheville, North Carolina, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 28, 2024. - Sean Rayford/Getty Images
More than 150 people have been killed and hundreds more remain missing across six states after Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Southeast last week.. North Carolina, with 56 confirmed deaths ...
Heartbreaking images show how a picturesque North Carolina mountain village was all but wiped off the map by Hurricane Helene — with ... making federal funding available for affected individuals
Cooper said Helene had become "one of the worst storms in modern history for parts of North Carolina." Officials said earlier that more than 200 people had been rescued in the state by water and ...