Search and rescue workers were fanning through the small town of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, east of Asheville Monday after it was almost entirely wiped out by flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.

Over the course of several days, a stalled front streamed tropical moisture across the western Carolinas, setting the stage ...

Georgina Sanchez, a research associate at NC State’s Center for Geospatial Analytics, faults FEMA’s existing flood maps that show where people are required to buy flood insurance. She said ...

At least 11 people are dead as of Sunday and shelters are opening across the state. See photos from the aftermath below. ‘Apocalyptic’ damage: Helene kills at least 11 in Western NC, severs power, ...

Less than 1% of households in the state’s hardest-hit inland counties are protected by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), according to an N&O analysis of Census Bureau and NFIP data.