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(The Center Square) – North Carolina fatalities linked to Hurricane Helene has risen to 103, says the Division of Public Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. The death happened ...
The North Carolina State Climate Office at North Carolina State University reported that its Mount Mitchell weather station recorded 24.41 in (620 mm) of rainfall. The office referred to the total as "off the charts", comparing it to 16.5 in (420 mm) of rainfall being a once-in-1,000-year flood for the area.
Over 2 feet of rain had fallen across North Carolina's mountainous region in recent days because of a rare confluence of weather patterns over the eastern U.S. before Helene arrived in Florida on ...
A satellite view shows mud and debris near Old Fort Elementary School, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Old Fort, North Carolina, on Oct. 2, 2024.
Another county, Henderson, had previously reported two more deaths than the state, but said on Tuesday that it agrees with the state's tally. The AP had tallied at least 246 total deaths across multiple states due to Helene through Monday, including 128 in North Carolina, based on data from the state and counties, including Henderson and Buncombe.
The heat-related death rate in the U.S. (heat being either an underlying or a contributing cause) has increased since the mid 2010s. [4] Between 1979 and 2014, the death rate as a direct result of exposure to heat (underlying cause of death) generally hovered around 0.5 to 1 deaths per million people, with spikes in certain years.
As of 8 p.m. Sept. 28, a confirmed 10 North Carolinians had died due to Helene, according to a release from Gov. Roy Cooper's office. The latest was a man who drove his truck on a flooded road.
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