Because of the widespread nature of the heavy rain, we’ve issued First Alert Weather Days Tuesday through Thursday. The highest rain totals could occur on the west-facing slopes of the central and ...

As climate patterns shift, the gaps in current flood risk maps leave many homeowners facing uncertainty. Without updated tools and resources, residents in areas like western North Carolina may ...

Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina ... This map shows rainfall from Helene and in the days preceding the storm that combined to create disastrous flooding.

The wildfire, named the Crooked Creek Fire, ignited near the town of Old Fort, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene last September.

A section of Interstate 40 in western North Carolina that collapsed during Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding will reopen ...

Floodwaters swept across parts of Western North Carolina as rain soaked the region ... “Life-threatening flash flooding” from storms led to water rescues and swollen streams, according to ...

Heavy downpours caused flash flooding in parts of western North Carolina on Tuesday, June 20, as local media reported several inches of rain in western McDowell County.

Those amendments consider the requirement of a 2-foot freeboard, known as the regulatory flood protection ... bring buildings up to current floodplain development guidelines, according to a November ...