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Flooding produced by Hurricane Helene around Asheville exceeded previous records set by catastrophic flooding in 1916. Within a week-long stretch in 1916, back-to-back hurricanes dropped more than 26 inches of rainfall. The death toll from Helene neared 100 in the Tar Heel State less than a week after the remnants of the hurricane moved through the Appalachians.
Damage caused by Helene has led to the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina to close, with no date available for reopening parts of the iconic road.
A disturbed area of weather in the Gulf of Mexico will make for an extended period of squally weather for the Florida Peninsula. The heaviest rainfall is expected to be from the Interstate 4 corridor and southward, where a widespread area could see 4-6 inches of rainfall over the next week. Conditions will be similar to that of a norâeaster with heavy rainfall, blustery winds and erosion along beaches.
A group of neighbors in Hendersonville, North Carolina, stood in chest-deep floodwater from Helene to save a cat and two dogs from drowning.
Vivid displays of the Northern Lights are possible across the Northern and Midwestern U.S. later this week after the Sun released its second-strongest solar flare in more than a decade.
Matt Henson has lived in Asheville, North Carolina, all his life but hardly recognizes his community after Hurricane Helene washed away homes and beloved staples of the vibrant mountain town.
Biologists, along with partners and the general public, have been responding to reports of stranded manatees in Florida.
Two bridges in both the eastbound and westbound lanes on Interstate 26 near Erwin, Tennessee, collapsed Friday during the flooding from Hurricane Helene.
Sheryl Pfeiffer found herself fighting for her life when Hurricane Helene's floodwaters began to rise around her camper in western North Carolina. Stranded at a campground in Asheville, she and her dog, Carley, faced an uncertain future.
Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, authorities are investigating an East Tennessee plastics plant where numerous workers were swept away by floodwaters.