Tornado Updates

In Buncombe County, a local state of emergency was declared Wednesday to help the cities of Asheville, Biltmore Forest, Weaverville, the Woodfin, Black Mountain and Montreat.

In the midst of Hurricane Helene's assault on Florida on Thursday and the formation of Tropical Storm Isaac in the North Atlantic on Wednesday, the tropics are showing no signs of stopping.

Even though hurricanes are rated by wind, water is the most deadly impact from tropical cyclones that strike the U.S.

We are just in phase 1 of a historic hurricane event. Hurricane Helene is intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico as it heads toward landfall on the northeastern Florida coast tonight.

As Hurricane Helene heads for a landfall along the Gulf Coast, communities across the Southeast are preparing for damaging wind gusts and flooding. The largest metro region, Atlanta, could see wind gusts of at least 50 mph and several inches of rainfall. Being a large city means tower cranes dot the landscape and will be subject to at least tropical storm conditions. The National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia, issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the metro area, which is a rare occurrence.

Tropical Storm Isaac formed in the Atlantic on Wednesday, becoming the ninth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and other national parks throughout the Southeast announced closures and event cancellations due to expected weather impacts from Hurricane Helene.

A hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130-156 mph is considered to be a Category 4 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. A Category 4 hurricane is capable of catastrophic damage and is only one category from becoming what is considered the strongest of all storms.