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A week after Hurricane Helene tore through the U.S. Southeast and devastated western North Carolina with heavy rains and severe flooding, satellite images are showing the extent of the damage ...
Horrifying video captured the moment a mudslide shredded down a hill and tore through a North Carolina family's home, washing away half of it as Hurricane Helene brought widespread devastation to ...
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 27: People toss buckets of water out of a home as the streets and homes are flooded near Peachtree Creek after hurricane Helene brought in heavy rains over night on ...
See photos and video from Helene’s devastation in the mountains of western NC. Stay clear of western NC roads, officials say. More than 200 people were rescued from flood waters, Cooper’s ...
The hurricane drops heavy rainfall peaking at 19.9 inches (506 mm) in Ocracoke, while its extended duration offshore causes localized severe beach erosion. The rainfall causes flooding along several rivers, which is compounded by the effects of Hurricane Floyd just weeks later. Damage in the state amounts to over $50 million. [7] [51] [52]
The damage wrought by Hurricane Helene was especially extensive in western North Carolina, a region far from the Florida coast where the system made landfall as a Category 4 storm.
That brought catastrophic flooding, Cooper’s office said, with winds that gusted up to hurricane strength. More than 320,000 homes in North Carolina — and about 550,000 in South Carolina ...