Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Hurricane Helene caused extensive damage in the western part of North Carolina. See the map of power outages caused by the storm.
N.C. 184 closed near Banner Elk due to culvert damage. Expected to reopen Oct. 19. Expected to reopen Oct. 19. N.C. 194 impassable near Clarks Creek Road outside Banner Elk.
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 road is also closed near Azalea Road. Weaverville Road between Senator Reynolds Road to Baird Cove Road has been closed since 6:20 p.m. Sept. 25. Motorists are suggested to use I-26 to bypass ...
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.
Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains; it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region. It contains the highest mountains in the Eastern United States, with 125 peaks rising to over 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) in elevation.
The cyclone initially formed in southeast North Carolina near a cold front on the morning of November 24 as the main cyclone over the Great Lakes weakened. [1] Rapid development ensued as the surface center began to migrate back into a closed 500 hPa-level (14.75 inHg) (around 6,000 m/20,000 ft above sea level) cyclone, and the cyclone bombed ...
Only 10 days later, the combination of a stalled frontal zone, strong dynamics aloft, and a hurricane moving up the East Coast led to excessive rainfall from North Carolina northward up the Eastern Seaboard between September 14 and 17, with amounts of near 508 mm (20.0 in) being reported near Wilmington, North Carolina, and 150–300 mm (5.9 ...