North Carolina was severely impacted by Hurricane Helene during late September 2024, primarily in its western Appalachian region, causing at least 104 reported deaths and significant destruction of infrastructure and residential areas across several settlements. [1]

5 days ago · Here are stories and obituaries of 104 people whose deaths were linked to 2024 Hurricane Helene, mainly in Western North Carolina.

5 days ago · How did North Carolina count fatalities after tropical storm Helene. How cause of death is determined in natural & man-made disasters.

2 days ago · Barrier said 10 families in his community need trailers, yet almost four months after the historic hurricane devastated western North Carolina, FEMA has only delivered two to Avery County.

4 days ago · Hurricane Helene, large, catastrophic tropical cyclone notable for its rapid intensification that ultimately produced a wide swath of damage and loss of life that extended from northwestern Florida, where the storm made landfall on September 26, 2024, to Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina.

Oct 6, 2024 · A week after Hurricane Helene roared through, the smell of death overpowers the cool mountain air over the isolated twisting roads of devastated rural western North Carolina.

About 577,000 people (20.2%) living in the 27 counties in North Carolina under a major disaster declaration after Hurricane Helene had high social vulnerability to disasters, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Community Resilience Estimates (CRE).

Oct 3, 2024 · CEE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly and MES/CEE Associate Professor Samuel Muñoz explain how the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene reached parts of western North Carolina, an area ordinarily unaffected by extreme weather patterns.

Oct 24, 2024 · RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused at least a record $53 billion in damages and recovery needs, Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration said Wednesday.

Sep 27, 2024 · A Category 4 hurricane arrived in Florida, became tropical storm when it hit Raleigh, Durham North Carolina. Latest weather info on what it will mean for the Triangle.