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Democrats and civil rights groups are asking election officials in the states ravaged by Hurricane Helene to give voters more time to register for the Nov. 5 presidential election. In North Carolina, one of the most fiercely contested presidential battlegrounds, election officials aren't planning to extend the Oct. 11 voter registration deadline, but that could change when the Legislature meets next week to consider adjustments to state election laws. -
A well-known Asheville musical tradition has returned in a sign of hopefulness a week after Helene battered the mountain city. The Asheville Drum Circle had its first regular Friday night session since the powerful storm blew in. -
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is heading to North Carolina as the state recovers from Hurricane Helene. She'll be arriving there Saturday, one day after a visit by Republican Donald Trump, who has been spreading false claims about the federal response to the disaster. -
North Carolina General Assembly leaders say they’re prepared to approve initial disaster relief next week. House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger said in a Friday news release that they're still working out the details of exactly what's needed to address the damage from Hurricane Helene. -
Hurricane Helene severely damaged drinking water utilities in the Southeast. Western North Carolina was especially hard hit. Flooding tore through the city of Asheville's water system, destroying so much infrastructure that officials said repairs could take weeks. -
Searchers are combing the remote mountains of North Carolina to locate the missing and those needing supplies nearly a week after Hurricane Helene barreled through the Southeast. The death toll has surpassed 200 and could rise higher still. -
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the agency tasked with helping communities recover from Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters does not have enough money to make it through the hurricane season
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Several businesses from a quaint mountain town in the Blue Ridge Mountains are concerned how Tropical Storm Helene's devastation in western North Carolina will affect the local economy. The town of Boone relies on fall tourism as visitors come to see the leaves change color. -
It's enough to fill the Dallas Cowboys' stadium 51,000 times or Lake Tahoe just once. If it was concentrated on the state of North Carolina it would be 3.5 feet deep (more than 1 meter). -
The death toll after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. Southeast has reached at least 132 across six states. A crisis is unfolding in the mountains of western North Carolina, where water, food and other supplies are being airlifted into places cut off by mudslides and washed-out roads.
