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On October 2, Verizon reported that while it had recovered cell coverage to 60% of all regions affected by Helene, that western North Carolina's thick forests, mountainous terrain, destroyed or blocked roads, and ongoing flooding made fixing cell towers in the region difficult, causing them to resort to use drones to provide temporary coverage.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. − More than 2 million people remained without power late Sunday across the Southeast in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, including more than 430,000 in North Carolina, where ...
FEMA employee Jirau Alvaro navigates beneath fallen trees on a damaged bridge on NC 9 above the Broad River on Sunday, October 6, 2024 in rural Buncombe County, near Black Mountain, N.C.
Flooding in North Carolina from Tropical Storm Alberto. June 14, 2006 – The remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto cross the state, producing heavy rainfall peaking at 7.16 inches (182 mm) in Raleigh; [4] the rain causes one indirect death when a boy runs into a flooded drainage system and drowns. [34]
What did the rivers in Western NC crest at during Helene? Rivers across the region still remain swollen a week after Helene first hit down on the region. On Sept. 27, rivers burst from their banks ...
Impacts were most severe in North Carolina, where the hurricane made its closest approach. [1] Wind impacts were felt primarily from South Carolina to Virginia, [7] though a frontal zone aided in bringing precipitation as far north as Maine. [9] In the United States, Helene caused $11.2 million in damages and one indirect fatality. [1]
In hard-hit North Carolina, days of unrelenting flooding have turned roads into waterways, left many without basic necessities and strained state resources. ... Days after Helene slammed Florida ...
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.