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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.
The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused at least a record US$53 billion in damages and recovery needs. 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 bridges ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Hurricane Helene for Sunday, Sept. 29. For the latest news on the storm, view our live updates file for Monday, Sept. 30. ASHEVILLE, N.C. − More ...
10,000 without power in NC mountains. Nearly 10,000 Duke Energy customers were without power in the North Carolina mountains at 11 a.m. Thursday, according to the company outage map. Most were in ...
Journalists from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer are providing coverage of Helene’s aftermath from across North Carolina. We don’t want this area to be forgotten.
Effects from Helene in South Carolina were less severe than in North Carolina. Helene made its closest approach to the state on September 27, 85 mi (137 km). [ 19 ] In Charleston , sustained winds reached 63 mph (101 km/h) and there was minor damage reported [ 2 ] Trees and street signs were blown down, and beach houses suffered shingle damage.
As Helene became a Category 1 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico — more than 500 miles and 30 hours away from where it would eventually make landfall in Florida — western North Carolina was ...
The list of North Carolina hurricanes from 1980 to 1999 encompasses approximately 68 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the U.S. state of North Carolina. Collectively, cyclones in North Carolina during the time period resulted in around $10 billion in damage (2007 USD ), primarily from hurricanes Fran and Floyd .