Tropical Storm Chantal

While many have moved into new homes following the severe floods brought on by Tropical Storm Chantal in July, there still remain several residents who are staying in hotels. The storm also shed light on how difficult it is for low-income individuals with disabilities to find housing in the Chapel Hill area.

The restaurant opened ahead of schedule, after it took on a lot of damage due to the storm.

Some Eastgate Crossing business owners were able to reopen their storefronts this month. While they celebrate being able to reopen, they also wonder how they would handle future severe flooding events like Chantal.

For nearly two months, dozens of Chapel Hill residents whose homes were destroyed in the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Chantal have been staying in hotels while trying to find new homes or waiting for repairs to be finished at their damaged homes.

Residents in several central North Carolina counties affected by last month's Tropical Storm Chantal can now apply for state-funded financial aid. This assistance follows a state disaster declaration issued Tuesday by Gov. Josh Stein.

A group of mostly young Asian refugees are cooking meals for families whose homes at a public housing community on South Estes Drive in Chapel Hill were flooded earlier this month due to Tropical Storm Chantal.

The Trump Administration ended the BRIC program even as the nation is experiencing increasingly frequent and wetter storms. The state says $200 million in grants were affected in North Carolina.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal caused flooding across Central North Carolina, causing rivers like the Eno and Haw to reach record flood levels.

North Carolina has declared a state of emergency after Tropical Storm Chantal caused severe flooding and at least six deaths. Gov. Josh Stein announced the declaration Thursday, citing overwhelmed local response efforts.

Carrboro's damage estimates from Chantal have reached about $19 million, a significant chunk in the climbing cost of the storm in Orange County.