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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The company operating the Mitchell County quarry says it should be allowed because it's repairing railroad damage from Helene. NC regulators say it needs to obtain a permit. -
The Buncombe County town suffered severe damage when Hurricane Helene swept through western North Carolina.
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Officials from the Governor's Recovery Office for Western North Carolina and N.C. Emergency Management were speaking in front of a legislative hurricane recovery committee. -
State forestry officials have said thousands of acres of downed trees after Helene could contribute to heightened risk in the coming years.
