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In some places in Western North Carolina impacted by Helene, maps by First Street found roughly 10x the number of properties would have been in a 100-year flood zone category, if FEMA had been allowed to use more comprehensive and modern forecasting. Better maps could have resulted in more insurance coverage and flood prevention measures. [93]
[207] [208] Two people, a 4-year-old girl in Claremont and a 58-year-old man in Gastonia, were killed in traffic collisions during rains caused by Helene. [209] At least 879,000 customers in the state lost power. [210] In Charlotte, high winds from Helene caused a tree to fall onto a residence, killing one person and seriously injuring another ...
Helene, the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region, is now a post-tropical cyclone with winds of 35 mph, leaving at least 59 people dead in five states, leveling ...
Elsewhere, the main power line of SR 135 was damaged due to Helene. [46] A peak gust of 53 mph (85 km/h) was recorded on 1:50 am EDT on the 27th in a Weatherstem site. [47] All of Atkinson County's residents were without electricity, with 75% being without water. [45] In total, just over 8 thousand people were affected by Helene. [44]
100+ years later: Hurricane Helene wreaks havoc on Asheville, mirroring the worst disaster in western North Carolina history ... the rising floodwater left people climbing and clinging to trees ...
A Georgia mom and her twin babies were among at least 26 killed in Hurricane Helene's devastating wake as the storm pounded the ... seven people died in Florida, including a person killed when a ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer prices rose slightly more than expected in September amid higher food costs, but the annual increase in inflation was the smallest in more than 3-1/2 years ...