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 federal government has only funded 9% of the total damage Helene caused in the state. -
The rivers and streams of western North Carolina are still recovering from Hurricane Helene almost a year later. Contractors have pulverized those streams with heavy equipment to remove storm debris — causing a second ecological disaster in the storm’s wake. -
The federal government has appropriated about $5 billion to Helene relief. Stein says that pales in comparison to other large hurricanes, and Western NC needs more. -
Money allocated by North Carolina lawmakers earlier this year has started making its way to farmers in WNC.
