Helene top stories
Gerard Albert III
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Blue Ridge Public Radio
Initial impacts from Helene — which hit the Carolinas as a tropical storm — are over. Emergency workers toiled around the clock to clear roads, restore power and phone service, and reach people stranded by the storm, which killed at least 133 people across the Southeast, a toll expected to rise.
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NC Gov. Office
Helene brought catastrophic damage to scores of roads in western North Carolina. This map, maintained by the N.C. Department of Transportation, tracks the current status of road closures.
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Moments before the Hurricane Helene relief package was passed by both chambers, legislators struck a controversial provision. -
The relief package appropriates about $700 million to the state's Helene fund and sends $270 million to repair storm-damaged transportation infrastructure. -
The Senate proposal is very similar to how the chamber proposed to fund relief in its budget. It has millions for western NC roads and bridges, including private infrastructure. -
Democrats wanted to file a discharge petition to try to force a Helene bill with $435 million in relief funding out of Senate committee.
