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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.
Environmental and conservation organizations in the United States have been formed to help protect the environment, habitats, flora, and fauna on federally owned land, on private land, within coastal limits, in-state conservation areas, in-state parks and in locally governed municipalities.
North Carolina is offering to buy the homes of Hurricane Helene survivors who qualify for a FEMA-funded special program as one option to move forward on the path to recovery.
The highest reported rainfall was 29.5 inches in Busick Raws, Yancey County, North Carolina’s Gov. Roy Cooper’s office said. The state reported 635,887 total outages on Saturday. The state ...
National VOAD is a leader and voice for the nonprofit organizations and volunteers that work in all phases of disaster — preparedness, response, relief, recovery, and mitigation. National VOAD is the primary point of contact for voluntary organization in the National Response Coordination Center (at Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ...
On Sept. 26, the category 4 hurricane made landfall in Florida, before hitting five other Southeastern states: North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia.
New inlet created by Hurricane Isabel North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the Southeastern United States. Tropical cyclones — storms characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain—regularly affect the state. According to statistical hurricane research between 1886 and 1996 by the North Carolina ...
The death toll from Hurricane Helene rose to 17 6 on Wednesday as President Joe Biden directed the Pentagon to deploy up to 1,000 active-duty soldiers to North Carolina to help deliver food, water ...