Buncombe County

More than 6,000 North Carolina households are in FEMA-provided hotels. FEMA spokesman Darrell Habisch, based at the American Tobacco Historic District in Durham, says it's not clear how many had to move to the Triangle.

Buncombe County Schools reopen Friday. School employees have been working around the clock to repair schools and prepare to serve students after a difficult month.

In areas like Buncombe County, people are drilling wells to have a backup water source in the event of future weather-related crises.

Buncombe County acknowledges substantial overcount in earlier numbers as NC chief medical examiner’s office completes official death count.

Hospital staff work through communication disruptions, water system failures and their own storm-induced uncertainty to keep caring for patients.

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.

With dozens of western North Carolina communities heavily damaged from Hurricane Helene, disaster funding bills are likely to come before Congress and the state legislature in the coming weeks and months.

North Carolina officials are pledging to get more water and other supplies to storm-damaged areas after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. Southeast. Authorities have struggled to get supplies to isolated areas including the city of Asheville.

The most recent data show 739 people living unhoused in Asheville and the surrounding area, but new methodology in counting played a role in the documented increase, officials said.

Dozens of residents voiced opinions on the impact of short-term rentals on affordable housing availability.